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RECOVERY  OF  SOME  MATERIALS 


EARLY  HISTORY  OF  DORCHESTER. 


GENERAL  AND  PARTICULAR. 


PREPARED   FOR  THE 


NEW  ENGLAND  HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL  EEGISTEE. 


By  SAMUEL  G.  DRAKE. 


BOSTON: 

OFFICE  OF  THE  NEW  ENGLAND  HISTORIC-GENFALOGICAL  KEQISTtin, 

No.    56   CORNHILL. 

1851. 


C.  C.  p.  Moody,  Printer,— Dickinson  Office, 
No.  52  Washington  Street. 


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OLD    D  ORC^hSsTEH. 

RECOVERY    OF    SOME    MATERIALS    FOR    ITS     HISTORY,    GENERAL   AND    PARTICULAR. 

There  is  some  satisfaction  in  being  able  to  state  with  confidence  that  any 
New  EngUind  town  derived  its  name  from  one  of  the  same  name  in  Old 
England ;  but  the  curious  are  not  satisfied  to  stop  here  ;  they  will  very 
naturally  and  properly  enquire  how  the.  name  was  originally  derived,  and 
how  it  came  to  be  applied  to  a  particular  locality  ?  The  name  Dorches- 
ter is  derived  from  a  tribe  or  clan  of  people  wlio  inhabited  the  region  so 
named  in  very  remote  ages,  who  were  called  Durotriges.  Vespasian 
reduced  them  to  the  dominion  of  the  Romans ;  and  what  was  afterwards 
called  Dorchester  was  a  Roman  town  which  they  called  D'JRNOVAria  ; 
which  name  appears  to  have  come  from  the  two  Celtic  words  DwR  or 
D'VVYR  and  Var,  which  signified  water  and  way  :  hence  the  waterway, 
the  channel,  &c.  The  name  came  into  use  on  the  establishment  of  the  seat 
of  government  here  for  this  part  of  the  country  by  Vespasian.*  So  much, 
it  is  thought,  will  not  be  out  of  place  relative  to  DorchcLiter  in  Old  England. 
That  our  Dorchester  was  named  for  Old  Dorchester,  sufficient  evidence  has 
often  been  adduced,  and  we  will  not  trespass  farther  on  the  pi'ovince  of  the 
historian  of  Dorchester  by  reproducing  that  evidence  here.  It  is  peculiarly 
remarkable  that  the  people  of  Old  Dorchester,  were,  as  Clarendon  asserts, 
and  no  doubt  truly,  "  more  particularly  disaffected  to  the  cause  of  Charles 
I.  than  those  of  any  place  in  England."  And,  in  this  respect,  "  a  seat  of 
great  malignity,  a  magazine  from  which  other  places  were  supplied  with  the 
principles  of  rebellion,  and  one  of  the  first  places  fortified  against  the  King." 
How  those  principles  were  perpetuated  and  adhered  to  by  our  Dorchester 
people,  a  few  years  later,  the  ensuing  document  will  sufficiently  attest ;  and 
no  presumptive  evidence  can  be  stronger,  than  that  the  first  settlers,  very 
many  of  them,  came  from  that  famous  "  seat  of  rebellion,"  and  that  they 
honored  it  on  that  account  is  also  evident,  from  their  naming  the  place  they 
had  chosen  to  abide  in  after  it. 

Few  except  students  in  the  History  of  New  England,  are  aware,  probably,  that 
Dorchester  was  settled  before  Boston,  or  even  Charlestown.  "  When  many  most 
Godly  &  Religious  People,  in  ye  Reign  of  King  Charles  ye  first,  did  under  ye  In- 
couragement  of  a  Charter  Granted  by  ye  Sd  King  Charles,  A.  D.  1628,  Renioue 
themselves  &  their  Families  into  ye  Colony  of  ye  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  Eng- 
land. Then  it  was  that  the  first  Inhabitants  of  Dorchester  came  ouer,  &  were  ye 
first  Company  or  Church  Society  that  arrived  here,  next  to  ye  Town  of  Salem 
who  was  one  year  before  them. 

In  ye  year  1629,  Divers  Godly  Persons  in  Devonshire,  Somersetshire,  Dorcet- 
ehire  &  other  places  proposed  a  Remoue  to  N.  England,  among  whom  were  two 
Famous  Ministers,  viz.  Mr.  John  Maverick  (who  I  suppose  was  somewhat  advanced 
in  Age)  &  Mr  John  Wareham  (I  suppose  a  younger  man)  then  a  preacher  in  the 
City  of  Exon,  or  Exeter,  in  ye  County  of  Devon.  These  good  People  met  together 
at  Plymouth,  a  Sea-port  Town  in  ye  sd  County  of  Devon,  in  order  to  ship  them- 
selves &  families  for  New  England  ;  &  because;  they  designed  to  Hue  together,  after 
they  should  arriuo  here,  they  met  together  in  the  New  Plospital  in  Plymouth  & 
associated  into  Church  Fellowship  &  chose  ye  sd  ]\Ir.  Mauerick  &  Mr.  Wareham 
to  be  their  Ministers  &  officers ;  the  Revd.  Mr.  John  White  of  Dorchester  in  Dor- 
cet  (who  was  an  active  Instrument  to  promote  ye  Settlement  of  New  England,  &  I 
think  a  means  of  procuring  ye  Charter)  being  present  &  preaching  ye  forepart  of 
ye  Day,  &  In  ye  latter  part  of  ye  Day  they  performed  ye  work  aforesaid. 

They  set  Sail  from  Plymouth  ye  20th  of  March  1629-30,  in  a  large  ship  of  400 

*  History  of  Dorchester,  in  the  County  of  Dorset,  by  James  Savage,  p.  61 — 66. 


4  Old  Dorchester. 

Tons,  one  Capt.  Squeb  master,  &  arriued  at  Nantasket  (Now  Hull)  ye  30th  of 
May,  1630.  They  had  agreed  with  Capt.  Squeb  to  bring  them  into  Charles  Riuer, 
but'^he  was  false  to  his  bargain,  &  turned  them  ashore  at  Nantasket  &  their  Goods, 
leaving  them  in  a  forlorn  Wilderness.  They  got  a  Boat  of  some  that  had  staid  in 
ye  Country  (I  suppose  for  Trade,  for  there  was  some  on  Noddles  Island  &  at  Charles- 
town  that  staid  in  ye  Country  for  Trade  with  ye  Natives,  &  with  their  goods, 
rowed  (as  I  suppose)  up  to  ye  Mouth  of  Charles  Riuer,  it  being  about  3  Leagues. 
They  went  up  the  Riuer  until  it  grew  narrow  &  shallow,  Intending  there  to  set 
down,  it  being  about  ye  place  where  Watertown  now  is.  They  had  not  stayed  here 
but  a  few  days  but  ye  Rest  of  their  company  had  found  out  a  neck  of  land  joyning 
to  a  place  called  by  ye  Indians  Mattapan  (now  Dorchester)  so  they  settled  at 
Mattapan. 

They  began  their  Settlement  here  at  Mattapan  yebeginingof  June,  as  I  suppose, 
or  thereabout,  A.  D.  1630  &  changed  ye  name  into  Dorchester.  Why  they  called  it 
Dorchester  I  haue  neuer  heard,  but  there  was  some  ot  Dorcet  Shire,  &  some  of  ye 
town  of  Dorchester  that  settled  here ;  &  it  is  very  likely  it  might  be  in  Honour 
of  ye  aforesaid  Revd.  Mr.  White  of  Dorchester. 

Our  people  were  settled  here  a  Month  or  two  before  Gov.  Winthrop  &  ye  ships 
that  came  with  him  arriued  at  Charlestown,  so  that  Dorchester  Plantation  was 
settled  next  to  ye  Town  of  Salem,  being  before  Charlestown  or  Boston.  The 
Indians  here  at  Dorchester  were  kind  to  our  people."* 

Though  Dorchester  was  for  a  short  period  the  most  important  town  in  N.  Eng- 
land, excepting  perhaps  Plymouth  &  Salem,  it  was  owing  to  its  locality  that  it 
held  its  ascendancy  for  so  brief  a  space.  "  It  seems,"  says  its  Annalist,  that  "  many 
that  were  of  the  first  settlers  were  Trading  men,  &  at  first  designed  Dorchester  for 
a  place  of  Trade,  &  accordingly  built  a  Fort  upon  ye  hill  called  Rock-Hill,  wherein 
were  seueral  Pieces  of  ordinance,  near  ye  AVaterside  ;  but  ye  Channel  being  poor 
&  landing  difficult,  &  Boston  &  Charlestown  Harbor  being  far  more  commodious, 
they  desisted  from  that  design,  &  many  of  them  removed  afterwards  to  Boston  & 
other  places,  so  that  many  families  about  in  ye  Countrey  had  their  first  rise  from 
Dorchester."  t 

Hence,  that  Dorchester  should  contain  a  much  less  number  of  inhabitants 
in  1641  than  it  did  in  1637,  is  very  probable.  That  such  was  actually  the 
case  we  infer  from  the  following  facts.  In  1637,  a  list  of  the  names  of 
"  those  that  were  to  haue  land  in  ye  Division  of  ye  Neck,  &  other  Lands," 
consisted  "of  about  104  Names"  i  In  1641  we  have  a  list  of  71  names, 
and  in  1664,  another  of  102.  The  two  last  named  lists  we  have  before  us, 
and  the  last  all  the  names  written  with  their  own  hands. 

Although  that  of  1 641  has  been  published,  the  names  a  e  unintelligible 
to  the  general  reader,  having  appeared  only  in  fac  simile.  That  is  to  say, 
the  majority  of  them  are  deciphered  with  great  difficulty,  and  some  of  them 
may  be  read  one  ivay  almost  as  well  as  another.  They  appeared  several 
years  ago  in  that  most  valuable  little  work,  Blake's  Annals  of  Dor- 
chester, (in  a  lithographic /ac  simile)  as  a  sort  of  frontispiece.  Whether 
the  editors  of  that  Avork  were  fearful  that  they  might  interpret  some  of  the 
names  wrong,  if  they  undertook  to  put  them  into  type,  we  cannot  decide, 
but  certain  it  is,  they  gave  us  no  printed  list  of  the  names  on  the  document, 
other  than  as  above  mentioned.  That  said  important  list  should  be  printed, 
no  one  will  probably  deny,  and  that  our  work  is  the  proper  place  for  it  will 
perhaps  not  be  questioned.  Therefore,  not  having  the  fear  of  making  errors 
before  our  eyes  sufficiently  strong  to  deter  us,  we  have  resolved  to  enter 
upon  the  hazardous  work  of  rendci'ing  info  type  those  venerable  names. 
Then  our  version  may  be  easily  compared  with  the  original,  the  lithograj)hic 
copy,  and  other  documents — and  eventually  the  whole  list  may  be  settled 
beyond  question. 

*  Blake's  Amah  of  Dm-chcster,  7-10.  1  liiid.  p.  K.. 

t  It  is  printed  in  Dr.  Harris'  "  Memorials,"  hut  we  find  that  it  contains  only  91  names- 
About  42  of  these  are  found  on  the  Hst  of  1641,  which  we  give. 


Old  Dorchester. 


In  tlie  Preface  to  the  Annals  before  mentioned,  tlie  writer,  in  reference 
to  the  Ihhographic  frontispiece  says  : 

"  In  order  tliat  it  [the  Annals]  may  be  still  more  valuable  to  the  public,  and 
especially  to  the  numerous  descendants  of  the  first  settlers  of  Dorclicster,  the  pub- 
lisher [Mr.  David  Clapp,  Jr.]  has  been  furnished  with  many  of  their  autographs, 
from  a  paize  of  the  first  book  of  Town  Records,  being  the  names  of  the  male  inhab- 
itants of  the  town  in  the  year  1641,  which  he  presents  to  the  reader  as  a  litho- 
graphed Fi'ontispiece.  These  names  are  appended  to  an  instrument  conveying  to 
the  town  of  Dorchester  all  rents  and  profits  of  Thompson's  Island,  for  the  support 

of  a  free  school." 

I 

In  regard  to  our  transcript  of  the  names,  we  would  state  that  we  have 
procured  a  comparison  to  be  made  of  the  lithographic  list  with  the  original, 
aridtliat  it  is  generally  good,  but  several  of  the  names  were  easily  deter- 
mined from  an  inspection  of  the  original,  while  they  were  quite  doubtful  in 
the  copy. 

We  have  added  numbers  to  the  names  for  the  sake  of  easy  reference, 
and  to  the  names  in  this  list  which  occur  in  the  other  a  *  is  added,  and  to 
those  of  the  same  name  of  whom  the  monumental  inscriptions  are  given,  a  f 
is  added.  The  alphabetical  arrangement  of  the  whole  is  also  our  own.  The 
numbers  prefixed  to  them  show  their  order  on  the  fac  simile. 


35  Andrews,  Thomas*  14 
11   Atherton,  Hurafrey  f  5 

36  Baker,  Richard*  5  7 

54  Bate,  Janes  39 
1  9  Blake,  ^Villiam  *  7 

58  Brecke,  Edward  70 
20  Buder,  Nicho  62 

17  Capen,  John  *  9 

18  Capen,  Joane,  weddowf  56 
68  Clap,  Edmund  *  60 
31   Clapp,  Nicholas  *  52 

25  Clap,  Roger  64 
8  Clarke,  Thomas 

28  Clarke,  William  51 

40  Clement,  Augustine  50 

59  CoUacot,  Richard  12 
67  Deeble,  Robert  2 
24  Dickerman,  Thomas  37 

6  Duncan,  N-atha:  63 

55  Dyer,  George  *  3 

33  Ffarnham,  John  53 

26  Farneworth,  Joseph  10 

34  Ffawer,  Barnabas  47 

27  Foster,  Hopestill  t  30 


Gibson,  Christopher 
Glouer,  John 
Grenaway,  John 
Hawes,  Richard 
Hawkins,  Thomas 
Hill,  Johnx 
Holland,  John 
Hoi  man,  John 
Howard,  Robert 
Howchin,  Jeremy 
HumflTray,  Jonas 
Jones,  Alhce  wyfe  of 

Richard 
Jones,  Thomas  f 
Lane^^  William 
Makepeace,  Thomas 
Mather,  Richard  *  f 
Maudeslay,  John 
Millit,  Thomas 
Minot,  George  * 
Muninge,  Edmund  ^ 
Patten,  Nathaniell 
Pearce,  John 
Pears,  John 


49  Petcher,  Andrew 
15  Phillips,  John 
32  Pope  Y  John 
38  Proctor,  George 
66  Rigbye,  John     , 

43  Scllocke,  David 
42  Smith,  John  * 

1   Stoughton,  Israel 
69   Sumner,  William  * 

22  Swift,  Thomas  *t 

61  Tilstone,  Thomas  *  f 
71   Toplif,  Clementt 
46  Turner,  Jefftrey 
21  Upsal,  Nicholas 
65  Wales,  Nathanaell 
41  Waye,  Henrie  * 
48  Wearham,  Mr. 
45  Weekes,  Geo. 
29  Wiles,  Michael 

44  Wilkins,  Bray 
16  Wiswall,  John 

23  Wiswall,  Thomas 

4  Withington,  Henry  * 
13  Wright,  Henry 


A  few  observations  in  reference  to  the  causes  which  gave  rise  to  the  fol- 
lowing petition  will  close  our  prefatory  remarks. 

That  the  success  of  Cromwell  was  highly  gratifying  to  the  great  body  of 
the  first  settlers  of  New  England  requires  no  confirmation,  and  that  a  gov- 
ernment had  been  overturned  which  had  been  the  cause  of  their  expatria- 
tion and  consequent  hardships  and  sufferings,  was  viewed  with  much  satis- 
faction by  them,  admits  of  no  question.  It  was  easy  therefore  for  them  to 
conform  to  a  government  growing  out  of  GroimceWs  revolution  ;  — a  govern- 
ment every  way  congenial  to  their  habits,  wants  and  feelings.  And  having 
gone  on  under  a  congenial  legislation  for  many  years,  a  sudden  change 
must  necessarily  cause  much  commotion  ;  especially  as  they  could  have  no 
choice  of  rulers  in  England.  It  was  certain  too  that  if  their  oppressors 
2 


6  Old  BoreJiester. 

should  come  into  power,  they  could  expect  to  be  treated  at  least  with  coldness 
and  rigor.  A  change  came  ;  the  restoi-ation  took  place  —  not  a  restoi-ation  of 
good  government,  but  a  restoration  of  a  government  dependent  on  the  will 
of  an  unprinciided  king.  This  king's  actions  soon  discovered  to  the  peo- 
ple, that  not  only  a  reckless  profligacy  was  restored,  but,  what  was  worse 
than  all.  Popery  was  to  be  restored  with  it.  With  such  monsters  staring 
them  in  the  face,  it  is  not  strange  that  the  people  in  "  these  remote  corners 
of  the  earth,"  as  they  used  to  express  themselves,  should  be  thrown  into 
consternation.  Their  rights  and  privileges,  as  guaranteed  by  their  original 
charter,  were  threatened,  and  they  hourly  expected  a  royal  mandate,  more 
to  be  dreaded  than  death  itself  The  historian*  who  has  said  that  the  peo- 
ple of  Massachusetts  acknowledged  subjection  to  the  Parliament  and  Crom- 
well, so  ftir  only  as  to  keep  upon  terms  with  them,  misjudged  their  true 
feelings  altogether  ;  and  instead  of  giving  us  the  minds  of  the  people,  he  has 
given  us  his  own.  He  only  supposed  that,  under  the  circumstances,  he 
should  have  done  so. 

The  people  of  N.  England  had  reason  for  their  fears.  They  had  cherished 
the  enemies  of  royalty,  and  when  it  was  known  in  the  country  that  Charles 
II.  had  been  proclaimed  in  England  the  people  did  not  proclaim  him  here. 
Thus  matters  stood  about  four  years  before  oi;r  Petition  was  drawn  up. 
Doubts  as  to  the  course  of  Charles  towards  N.  England  gradually  wore 
upon  the  minds  of  the  people.  They  could  not  resist  his  decrees,  and  to 
submit  to  them  was  incompatible  with  their  preconceived  ideas  of  prosperity 
and  happiness.  It  was  in  this  slate  of  feeling  that  the  document  herewith 
submitted  Avas  drawn  and  subscribed. 

Historians  have  left  us  but  a  very  imperfect  account  of  the  trials,  troubles 
and  difficulties  our  fathers  experienced  in  consequence  of  the  glorious 
restoration,  as  Mr.  Oarlyle  significantly  terms  it.  They  felt  themselves  in 
great  jeopardy  for  years  after  that  event.  When  it  occurred,  many  of 
them,  probably,  had  but  very  little  faith  in  its  stability.  That  this  was  the 
case  appears  strikingly  manifest  from  some  documents  of  that  day,  now 
before  us.  As  early  as  1662  a  letter  was  received  from  Charles  II.,  a 
tolerable  copy  of  which  may  be  read  in  Hutchinson's  Collection  of  Original 
Papers.  That  the  letter  was  very  unacceptable  to  the  colony  is  set  in  a 
clear  light,  by  the  manner  of  its  reception  in  a  single  important  town. 
Copies  were  probably  sent  to  all  the  towns,  though  we  have  met  with  but 
one  of  them,  and  that  was  sent  to  Woburn.  It  was  thus  directed  : — "  To 
Y^  Constable  of  Wooberne  who  is  hereby  required  to  publish 

OR  CAUSE  THE  SAME  TO  BE  PUBLISHED  AT  A  GeNKRALL  TOUNE  MEET- 
ING THERE."  How  speedily  it  went  from  the  "  Generall  Covrt"  to  AVoburn, 
does  not  appear,  but  it  was  returned  with  the  following  endorsement  upon 
it : — "  This  is  to  Certify  whom  it  may  concern,  that  I  Thomas  Dutton  of 
woobovrn  do  acknowledg,  that  on  reqvest  of  several  inhabitants  of  the  said 
tovn,  did  procvre  this  Letter  of  the  secretary  &  gaue  it  to  the  CvnstabLe 
Isack  CoLe  who  refused  it,  &  so  i  brought  it  again  tliis  8  of  Desember  62. 
Thomas  Dutten."     "  Witness  :  Moses  Cleveland,  John  Baker,  &,  willjam 

Simons." 

Perhaps  the  records  of  Woburn  may  throw  some  further  light  on  the 
affair ;  and  did  our  limits  allow,  we  could  add  much  more  about  the  state 
of  things  here  then,  growing  out  of  the  restoration.     But  justice  cannot  be 

done  it  in  one  page  nor  two,  and  we  must  leave  it  for  some  future  historian 
of  Massachusetts  to  do  ;  for  notwithstanding  the  many  splendid  works  upon 
our  history,  "  general  and  particular,"  many  subjects  of  the  greatest  impor- 

*  Hutchinson, 


Old  Dorchester.  7 

tance  are  left  untouclied.  It  is  easy  to  state  great  results,  for  they  are 
monuments  everywhere,  but  what  yn-oduced  them,  is  quite  a  difl'erent  thing. 

Besides  what  may  be  found  in  Hutchinson's  History,  there  are  a  few 
items  of  interest  in  Morton's  Memorial,  relative  to  the  affairs  of  the  times 
under  consideration. 

In  the  notices  of  the  signers  of  our  petition  I  have  aimed  at  brevity,  and 
intended  to  give  nothing  concerning  tliem  which  is  common  elsewhere  ;  and 
it  is  hoped  that,  what  is  here  done  in  that  particular,  may  render  assistance 
to  such  of  their  descendants  as  may  now  or  hereafter  seek  for  this  kind  of 
information.  In  this  department  the  Editor  acknoAvledges  with  great  jjlea- 
sure,  the  very  important  assistance  he  has  received  from  his  Antiquarian 
friend,  Mr.  William  B.  Tuask,  of  Dorchester,  to  whom  the  Register  had 
before  been  much  indebted  for  his  accurate  transcript  of  all  the  early  inscrip- 
tions of  that  town.  And  in  this  connection  we  will  observe,  that,  it  must 
be  borne  in  mind,  respecting  what  is  added  to  the  names  in  these  lists,  that 
no  pretension  is  made  of  completeness,  nor  have  we  presumed  to  supply 
anything  beyond  the  records  of  the  town,  the  wills,  &;c.,  in  Boston,  except 
in  a  few'instances.  In  our  desire  to  avoid  the  frequent  repetition  of  those 
vexatious  adverbs,  perhaps,  probably,  &c.,  we  may  have  sometimes  erred, 
but  we  have  used  our  best  judgment,  and  hope  and  are  willing  that  others 
may  do  better. 

Our  dates  are  given  strictly  according  to  the  records  ;  and  if  we  have 
not  double  dated  sometimes  between  the  1st  of  Jan.  and  the  25th  of  IMarch, 
it  is  because  the  record  is  not  so  dated.  Having  used  no  abbreviations 
not  obvious  from  their  situation,  no  explanation  is  deemed  necessary. 

To  the  Honrd.  Gournr.  the  Deputy  Gournr.  together  with  the  rest  of  the  honrd. 
magistrates  &  house  of  Deputyes.  Assembled  in  Generall  court  at  Boston 
this  nineteenth  day  of  October,  1664.  The  Petition  off  the  Inhabitants  of 
Dorchester  :  Humbly  sheweth  : 
First  of  all  That  wee  doe  acknowledge  it  with  all  Thankfullness  to  God  &  to 
yourselues  as  a  great  mercy,  that  the  Lord  was  pleased  to  put  it  into  yor  harts,  in 
your  late  session  to  expresse  &  declare,  That  it  is  yor  resolution  (god  assisting)  to 
beare  faith  &  true  Alegiance  vnto  his  majesteye.  And  to  adhere  vnto  our  Patent 
the  dutyes  and  prluHidges  thereof,  soe  dearly  obtained  &  soe  long  enjoyed  by 
vndoubted  right  in  the  sight  of  god  &  men :  Likwise  we  doe  acknow'edg  it  a  fauor 
from  god  in  directing  The  Honrd  Counsill  in  a  late  meeting  of  theers  at  Boston  to 
giue  forth  such  a  declaration  wherin  they  doe  recite  the  sence  of  sundry  perticu- 
lers,  what  or  power  and  priuilidges  are  granted  to  vs  in  the  said  patent,  as  this  is 
one  that,  full  power  &  authority  is  granted  to  this  collonye  for  making  and  execut- 
ing all  lawes  for  the  gourmcnt  of  this  people  not  repugnant  to  the  lawes  of  Eng- 
land, Another  is  that  it  shall  be  lawfull  for  this  gournmnt  by  all  fitting  meanes  & 
if  need  bee  by  force  of  amies  to  detfend  orselues  against  all  such  as  shall  attempt 
the  detriment  or  anoyance  of  this  plantation  or  the  inhabitants  thereof ;  some  lawes 
they  recite  that  are  established  &  printed  in  reference  to  the  former,  i.  e.  to  vphold 
&  maintaine  the  said  gouerment. 

All  which  considered  it  is  our  humble  request  vnto  this  Honrd  Court,  That  as 
you  haue  expressed  &  declared  your  resolution,  to  adhere  to  ye  patent  &  ye  privl- 
lidges  thereof,  for  tf.ere  may  be  a  constancy  therein  &  noe  declining  from  the 
same,  ffor  you  know  how  vncomfortable  &  dishonrable  it  would  be  first  to  expresse 
such  a  resolution  as  affore  mentioned,  &  afterward  to  act  contrary,  wch  wee  hope  is 
farre  from  yor  intention.  And  we  pray  god  that  such  a  thing  may  neuer  bee.  It  is 
well  known  how  his  Royall  majesy  by  letters  to  this  collony  doth  confirmethe  said 
pattent  &  charter,  &  promiseth  that  wee  shall  Injoy  all  the  libertyes  &  priuilidges 
granted  in  &  by  the  same,  wch  may  be  a  further  &  great  incouragmt  to  yorselues  to 
adhere  to  your  proffessed  resolution,  &  to  take  courage  by  your  authority  &  wis- 
dome,  that  all  the  people  within  this  jurisdiction  may  also  doe  the  same. 

Next  of  all,  full  power  being  granted  by  the  patant  for  making  &  executing  all 
lawes  not  repugnant  to  the  lawes  of  England,  some  one  of  the  lawes  here  estab- 


8  Old  Dorchester. 

lished  being  this  :  That  noe  injustice  shall  bee  put  vpon  any  church  officer  or 
member,  In  point  of  doctrine  worship  or  Discipline,  whether  for  substance  or  sir- 
cumstance  besides  the  Institutions  of  the  Lord  Therfor  it  is  our  Humble  i-equest 
that  the  liberty  of  or  churches  &  faithfuU  ministry  in  this  collony  may  bee  still 
continued,  without  the  imposition  of  any  such  Injunction  not  ordained  of  god,  wch 
consciences  truly  tender  would  be  troubled  withall,  but  that  as  hitheito  our  churches 
&  ministers  haue  bine  freed  from  such  human  Inuentions  &  impositions,  soe  they 
may  bee  still,  it  being  well  knowne  to  the  world  that  to  be  freed  therefrom  was 
one"  spetiall  cause  that  moued  many  to  remoue  from  their  deare  natiue  country 
Into  this  wilderness,  &  how -lamentable  &  grieueous  it  would  bee  to  be  here  bur- 
dened &  encombered  againe  with  such  matters  is  easy  for  any  to  Judge. 

Thirdly,  The  patent  expresly  granting  that  the  yeilding  &  pajng  of  the  fift  part 
of  the  care  of  gold  &  siluer  shal  be  for  &  in  respect  of  all  dutyes  &  demands  &  ser- 
uices  wtsoeuer,  Therfore  we  humbly  Intreat  that  the  Inhabitants  of  this  collony  may 
not  bee  vrged  &  compelled  to  make  any  other  j)ajmts  but  what  is  by  patent  exspres- 
sed,vnto  any  person  or  persons  wtsoeur  but  such  as  doe  here  reside  &  dwell,  &are  by 
the  countiy  chasen  to  labor  amongst  vs  in  this  church  &  ciuil  gouermt.  for  the  low 
estate  &  condition  whervnto  the  chanlg  of  this  wilderness  worke  &  the  afHicting 
prouidences  of  god  haue  brought  many  vnto  is  knowne  to  bee  such,  that  small  por- 
tions &  SciUaryes  euen  much  below  there  deserts  are  aflbrded  to  many  that  labor 
amongst  vs  both  in  church  &  comon  wealth,  And  therefore  to  impose  further 
taxes  &  paiments  on  the  country  wch  the  patent  requireth  not  but  freeth  vs  from, 
seemeth  to  hee  difficult  vnreasonable  if  not  impossible  to  bee  borne,  &  therfor  we 
humbly  desire  it  may  be  preuented 

Much  honerd  we  haue  none  other  on  earth  to  flee  vnto  but  yourselucs  into  whose 
hands  vnder  god  wee  haue  comitted  the  care  &  preseruation  of  all  our  pretious 
things,  hoping  that  this  great  trust  by  god  &  his  people  by  you  shalbe  duly 
obserued :  we  also  engage  orselfe  to  assist  as  we  haue  hitherto  with  or  persons  & 
estates  so  farre  as  the  Lord  shall  enable  vs.  vnto  whom  we  also  pray  for  his  spetiall 
guidance  &  grace  to  be  with  you  in  this  soe  great  a  work.* 

[In  our  copy  of  the  names,  we  have  adhered  exactly  to  the  original,  noting 
wherever  there  is  uncertainty  in  what  is  said  afterwards.  For  ihe  sake  of  conveni- 
ence of  reference  they  have  been  set  in  alphabetical  order,  the  numbers  against 
them  showing  their  precedence  on  the  original  paper.  By  which  it  would  seem 
that  no  order  of  rank  was  aimed  at  in  procuring  the  subscribers.  Who  drew  up 
the  Petition  does  not  appear,  and  it  is  difficult  to  say  whether  it  be  in  the  hand- 
writing of  any  one  of  the  signers  or  not.] 

93  Andrews,Thomas,  sen.*  20  Bradley,  William  15  Clap,  Nehemiah 

94  Andrew,  Thomas,  junr.  74  Browne,  Edmond  69  Clap,  Samuel  f 

28  Baall,  ffrances  24  Capen,  Barnard  102  Clap,  William,  senr. 

60  Ball,  Mathew  79   Capen,  John,  sen.*  f  47  Cumin,  David 
101  Baker,  John                      8  Capen,  John,  Jr.  1   Curtis,  Richard 

78  Baker,  Richard*  23  Capen,  Samuell  45  Dier,  George  * 

12  Bird,  Thomas  f  51  Clapp,  Nicholas  *  2  Davenport,Thomas,sen 

22  Burd,  iosph  10  Clap,  Ebenezer  4  Davenport,Thomasjun 

■   33  Blackman,  John  50  Clap,  Edmund  *  30  Elder,  Daniel 

98  Blake,  James  t  7  Clap,  Ezra  71  Euens,  IMathias 

5  Blake,  Will  *  11   Clap,  Increase  99  P]uens,  Richard 

64  Boulton,  Nicolas  VR      13  Clap,  Nathaniel!  43  Fisher,  Anthony,  sen. 

*  There  was  a  simil.ar  Petition  by  the  inhabitants  of  Roxbury,  dated  25th  8th  1664, 
headed  by  tlie  venerable  Eliot.  The  otiicr  names  were  John  Bowles,  the  mark  of 
Edward  Bridg,  Phillip  Torrey,  Bohert  Pepper,  the    mark    of  Pette?-    Gardner,  Sanwell 

Williams,  Samuell  Scarbrow.  John  Frankl/pi,  the  mark  of  Thomas  Wnterman.  Joseph  Griqqes, 
Samuel  May,  the  mark  of  Nickcolas  Williams,  the  mark  of  Jose))h  Wilsion,  Chribtoj)er  Pe'cke, 

William  Lion,  Moses  Graffs,  Daniell  Eynsu-orth,  [tlms  far  autographs.  Tlie  following' 
are  all  in  Mr.  Eliot's  hand]  Abrahnm  Newell  sen..  Samuel  Finch^ Samuel  Rwfjles,  Ihajh 

Clark,  John  Chirk,  Uzijcdi  Clark,  Thomas  Foster,  Robert  Prentice,  Isauk  Newel.  John  Pepper, 

Williavi  Curtis,  Isaak  Curtis,  Samuel  Davis,  Abraham  How,  John  Totman,  John  Bride/, 
Jahesh  Totman,  John  Lyon,  Robert  Harris,  James  Frizal,John  Mays,  son:,  John  Nuell. 

They  "request the  honored  Court,  botli  inagistrates  &  Deputycs  to  stand  fast  in  or 
prsnt  lil)ertys";  &  they  would  pray  the  Lord  "to  assist  them  to  stere  right  in  these 
shaking  times." 


Old  Dorchester. 


9 


31  Foster,  Hopestlll,  jr. 

80 

77  Foster,  Timothy  f 

85 

6  Frances,  Richard 

38 

65   Gorge,  Nickolas 

75  : 

62  Gurnell,  John  f 

25 

54  Hall,  Richard 

91 

97  Hewens,  Jacob 

14 

16  Hawes,  Elcazer 

48 

92  Ilawes,  Jeremiah 

39 

18  Hill,  Johnathan 

95 

19  Hill,  Samuell 

9 

88  Hinshaw,  Joshua 

76 

21   Homes,  Nathanell 

72 

61  How,  Abraham 

86 

27  Humfrv,  Samuell 

73 

89  Hoss,  bbadiahf 

100 

84  Humfrey,  James  f 

87 

81  Joanes,  Dauid 

49 

58  Jones,  Isack 

68 

46  Jones,  Thomas  f 

66 

63  Lake,  Thomas  f 

59 

90  Leeds,  Beniamin  f 

44 

37 
35 
70 
41 
29 
53 
52 
96 


Leeds,  Rich  f 
Lyon,  Peter 
Mather,  Richard  *  f 
]\Iawdcsley,  Thomas 
JSJaxleild,  Samuell 
Maxfilld,  Clement 
Meed,  Isi  eall 
Mede  Gabriel 
Minot,  George  *  3 

Karamoore,  Thomas       1 7 
FauU,  Samuell*t  36 

Pole,  William  t  67 

Pond,  William  34 

Pope,  Thomas  42 

Preston,  Daniell  f  ^^ 

Procer,  SamvuU  57 

Robinson,  James  26 

Robinson,  William         56 
Rush,  Jasper  82 

Sauage,  Edward  40 

Searll,  Robert  83 

Smith,  John  *x  mark  32 


Swift,  Obadiah 
Swift,  Thomas  *  f 
Spur,  Robert 
Stoughton,  Will  f 
Sumner,  AVilliam  * 
Tappley,  Clement  O. 
Tilston,  Thomas  *  f 
'J'olman,  Thomas 
T(  plitr,  Samuell  f 
Tiescot,  Samuell 
Triscote,  William  f 
Trot,  Thomas  f 
Turenr,  William 
Way,  Henry  * 
Way,  Samuel 
Weekes,  Amiel  f 
W'eekes,  Joseph 
Weekes,  William 
White,  James 
Withington,  Henry  * 
Withington,  Richard 
AViswell,  Enoke  -j- 


Andrews.  Thomas,  one  of  the  95  inhabs.  in  1637  among  whom  Dorch.Xeck  was 
divided  ;  bailiff  1660  ;  will  6  Aug.  1667,  d.  20  :  3  :  1667  ;  wf  Ann  d.  13  J;in.  1684  ;  son 
Thomas,  da.  Susanna  Hopkins. 

Andrews,  Thomas,  jun.m.  Phehc  Gourd  31 :  10:  1667  :  d.  6  Aug.  1704;  ch.  Thomas 
b.  31:10:  1668;  Joseph,  25  Dec.  1675,  d.  28Kov.  1732;  Thankful, b.  1  May,  1G80 ;  John 
July  (last  week)  1686. 

AxHERTON,  HuMFRET.  "  This  year  [1661]  Died  ye  Honble.  Major  General  Humph- 
rey Athcrton  :  upon  whose  Tomb  is  written  as  follows.  [Vol.  ii.  382.]  Kote,  by  ye  Ee- 
corders  it  was  ye  17th  day  [of  Sept.]  He  was  killed  by  a  fall  from  his  Horse  at  ye  So 
end  of  Boston  as  he  was  coming  homewards  (I  think  in  ye  Evening)  his  Horse  either 
Running  over,  or  starting  at  a  Cow  that  lay  down  in  ye  way."  Blake's  Annuls  of 
Dorchr.  21-2.  His  ch.  are  given  by  Farmer,  to  which  we  add,  that  Thankful  m.  Thomas 
Bird  (of  Dr.)  2:2:  1665;  Marv  m.  Joseph  Weeks,  9:7:  1667 ;  Consider,  m.  Anna 
Aniball,  19  :  10  :  1671  ;  Watching,  m.  Elizabeth  Kigbie,  23  Jan.  16'8. 

Baker,  PacHARD,  frecm.  18  May,  1642,  m.  Faith,  dau.  Henry  Withington,  who  d.  3 
Feb.  1688-9;  one  of  the  Raters  1647,  1650,  1660;  sclcctm.  1653,  constable  1663,  d.  25 
Oct.  1689  ;  Ch.  Hannah,  b.  9  :  11  :  1662,  m.  John  Wiswall,  5  May,  1685 ;  will  7  Oct.  1689, 
sons  John,  James,  dau.  Thankful,  wf  of  William  Grigs.  &  dau.  Elizabeth  Prat. 

Baker,  John,  son  of  Richard,  m.  Preserved,  dau.  of  Thonuis  Trott,  11  :  5  :  1667,  d. 
26  Aug.  1690;  shed.  25  Nov.  1711  ;  ch.  Sarah,  b.  12  :  5:  1668  ;  Mary,  10  :  9  :  1670,  d. 
20:  11:  1670;  John,  b.  25  :9:  1671  ;  James.  4  Aug.  1674  ;  Mary,  24  Aug.  1676  :  Thank- 
ful, 13  April,  1679;  Hannah,  22  July,  1682,  d.  9  Aug.  1683;  Elizabeth,  b.  18  July, 
1684;  Hannah,  11  July  1687,  d.  12  ^Jov.  1690;  Abijah,  25  Feb.  1690;  invent.  6  Dec. 
1690,  £604,  10s.  Among  the  freem.  from  1634  to  1678  are  seven  John  Bakers;  two  of 
them  were  of  Dorchester.  John  Baker  of  Boston,  smith,  m.  Thankful,  da.  of  Hope- 
still  Foster.  8:11:  1663 ;  ch.  Jolm,  b.  26  Feb.  1664  ;  Silence,  d.  28  :  5  :  1G66;  lliank- 
ful,  wid.  d.  27  Jan.  1697-8  a;.  58.  John  Baker's  will,  26  Mar.  1666,  mentions  son 
Thomas  &  da.  p:iizabetii  ;  invent.  3  July,  1666,  £895  19s.  John  Baser,  m.  Joan,  da.  of 
Thomas  Swift,  5:9:  1657 ;  she  d.  21  July.  1663  ;  ch.  Thomas,  b.  12  Feb.  1653  ;  John, 
d.  25:  4:  1654;  Samuel,  b.  16  Apl.  1655;  "Nathaniel,  4Apl.  1656;  John,  17  July,  1658, 
d.  25  May,  1659;  Elizabeth,  b.  26  June,  1660. 

Ball,  Francis,  m.  Abigail  Salter,  27:  11  :  1663;  ch.  John,  b.  15:2:  1665,  d.  14:7: 
1666  ;  Abigail,  b.  14  :  6  :  1667 ;  Francis,  21  :  12  :  1669  ;  Benjamin,  30  Aug.  1675 ;  Abigail 
Ball,  d.  19  Mar.  1723-4. 

Bate,  James,  freem.  7  Dec.  1636,  select  man  1637,  '38,  '51  ;  wf  Alice,  d.  14:6:  1657. 
■  See  present  vol.  p.  297-8. 

Bird,  Thomas,  tanner,  badiff  1654,  wf.  Ann.  who  d.  20  Aug.  1673;  will  12  July, 
1666,  d.  8  June  1667;  invent.  £997  lis.  5d;  ch.  Thomas,  b.  4  :  3  :  1640,  m.  Thankful, 
dau.  Mai-  Humphry  Athcrton.  2:2:  1665.  d.  30  Jan.  1700,  a\  ab.  GO  ;  she  d.  11  April, 
1719,  having  had  l"l  ch.,  inventory  (10  Feb.  1709)  £570  14s.  5d,  of  which  "  a  Negro 
manservant"  makes  £45,  &  a  Negro  "maidservant",  £30;  John,  b.  11  :1:  1641,  m. 


10  Old  Dorchester. 

Elizabeth ,  who   d.  20  Oct.  1724,  at.  77;  he  d.  2  Aug.  1732,  in  his  Dlst   year; 

James,  Sarah,  d.  24:  2  :  1669  ;  Joseph,  d.  26  : 7  :  1665. 

Bird,  Joseph,  Imsliandrnan,  wf.  Joliaiinah  ;  he  d.  9  Mar.  1711 ;  inventory,  £232  10s; 
ch.  Joseph,  b.  28  May,  1698  ;  Aaron,  28  Aug.  1690 ;   Comfort,  3  Feb.  1701-2. 

Blackm.vn,  John,  baiUti;  1062,  frcem.3  May,  1665  ;  wf.  Sarah  ;  he  d.28  April,  1675  ; 
invent.  28  May,  1675,  £292,  7s,  2d  ;  ch.  John,  b.  10  :  6 :  1656;  Jonathan,!  :  11  :  1658; 
Jose])!i,  27  : 4  :  IGGl ;  Benjamin,  25  :  10  :  1665 ;  Adam,  9  :  10 :  1670 ;  Abraham,  8  Feb. 
1674,  d.  5  Oct.  1681. 

Blake.  William,  b.  in  Eng.  ab.  1 594 ;  wf.  Agnes  ;  frecm.  14  Mar.  1638-9  ;  sclcct-man 
1645  '47  &  '51  ;  ''Recorder  for  ye  Town,  Clerk  of  ye  Writs  for  ye  Co.  of  Surtblk,"  1656, 
&  continued  in  the  office  ab.  8  years,  when  he  d.  25  :  8  :  1663;  will  3  Sept.  1661,  by 
which  he  gives  "vnto  ye  tovvnc  of  Dorchester  20s.  to  be  bestowed  for  ye  Repairing  of  ye 
Buring  place  so  yt  swine  &  otlier  vermine  ma}'  not  Anoy  ye  graues  of  ye  saints"  ;  his 
wid.  Agnes  d.  22  July,  1678.     He  left  5  children. 

Blake,  Jamks,  son  of  William,  b.  in  Eng.  1623,  freem.  1652;  wf.  Elizabeth  d.  16  Jan. 
1693-4,  in  her  61st  year;  he  was  sclectm.  13yrs.,  deacon,  &c.  d.  28  June,  1700,  in  his 
77th  year.  The  house  which  he  built  is  yet  standing;  will  26  June,  1700;  invent. 
£473  ;  his  son  James  wlio  ni.  1st  Hannah  Macy,  6  Feb.  1681,  was  the  father  of  James, 

author  of  the  valual)le  "  Annals  of  Dorchester,"  by  his  wife  Ruth ;  John,  b.  16  :  1  : 

1656-7;  wf.  Mary;  Elizabeth,  b.  3  -.8:  1658;  William,  4  :5:  1059;  Jonathan.  12  :  5 : 
1600;  Sarah,  28  :  12:  1665,  d.  22  : 3  :  1606  ;  Joseph,  b.  27  : 6 :  1607;  Elizabeth,  10  Nov. 
d.  2  :9:  1682;   Hannah,  10  Sept.  1085. 

BouLTON,  Nicholas,  freem.  29  May,  1044  ;  wf.  Elizabeth;  ch.  John,  Elizabeth,  who 
m.  Experience  Willis,  25  Oct.  1076. —  On  Dorchester  records  we  read,  "12  :  7  :  1604. 
Whereas  there  was  a  motion  made  by  Nicholas  Bolton  vnto  the  Select  men  for  his 
wifes  drawing  &  selling  of  Syder,  we  the  Select  men  doe  not  approue  of  it".  And,  "  9  : 
1:1069-70.  It  was  p])osed  to  ye  Towne  whether  they  would  Grant  liberty  to  Nicholas 
Boulton  to  sell  Sider  or  Victuall  in  a  way  of  Common  Entertainment,  either  Saboth 
day  or  elce  :  ye  Vote  was  in  ye  Negatiuo".  He  petitioned  again  in  1671,  and  was  again 
refused.  Will,  nuncupative,'  24  May,  1083.  He  d.  three  days  after,  viz.  27  May,  1083  ; 
inventory,  23  July,  £142  18s  3d;  wf.  Elizabeth^  executrix. 

Breck,  Edward.  [What  follows  of  this  original  emigrant's  descendants,  is  given, 
as  well  to  correct  the  account  in  our  second  volume,  as  to  add  some  important  facts  to 
the  pedigree.  To  Joseph  Breck,  Esq.  of  Boston,  we  are  indebted  for  valuable  MSS. 
and  to  the  Hon.  Samuel  Breck  of  Philadelphia  for  some  important  and  interesting 
items,  concerning  the  branch  to  which  he  belongs ;  yet  we  are  obliged  to  add,  that  our 
materials  are  far  from  being  all  that  is  desirable,  especially  in  the  early  part,  of  the 
Breck  family:  being  both  deficient  and  conflicting;  and  calling  for  those  ad- 
verbs before  mentioned  quite  too  often.  Indeed  we  have  been  as  sparing  as  we 
could  of  these  terms,  and  if  we  have  made  wrong  statements,  we  can  only  say  we 
have  used  our  documents  with  the  best  judgment  we  could.] 

Edward  Breck,  m.  Isabell,  wid.  of  John  Rigbie,  prob.  his  2d.  wf. ;  she  m.  2d.  An- 
thony Fisher,  who  d.  in  Roxl)urv,  18  Ajiril,  1671,  in  his  80  year ;  Ch.  Robert^,  prob.  b. 
in  Eng.  freem.  1649,  settled  in  Boston,  wf.  Sarah,  &  had  ch.  Sarah^,  b.  19  April,  1655  ; 
Robert-',  b.  24  June,  1658,  wf.  Joanna.— Joanna',  b.  12  June  1681,  &  Robert^,  30  April, 
1083,  may  have  been  the  ch.  of  this  Robert''  &  Joanna. —  John-  (next  of  the  ch.  of  Ed- 
avardI)  b.  1651,  captain,  &c.  lived  in  D.,  wf  Susanna;  Mary-,  wlio  m.  Samuel  Paul,  9: 

11  :  1660  ;  Elizabeth'^,  m.  to  John  Minot  of  D.:  Susannah-,  m.  to  John  Harris,  20  Mar. 
1674.  He  may  have  been  her  2d  husl)and,  for  she,  or  one  of  her  sisters,  .j)rob.  had  a 
husband  named  Blake,  as  her  father  provides  in  his  will  for  "  the  ch.  of  his  da.  Blake". 
—  Capt.  John  B-.  had  ch.  Jemima^,  b.  17  April,  1672,  m.  Benj.  Blackman;  Edward^, 
b.  7  April,  1074,  liv'din  D.  ensign,  m.  Susanna  Wiswall,  1  Api".  1698,  d.  3  Sept.  1713, 
fc.  39;  invent.  £2017  10s.;  P^lizabetlr',  b.  20  Sept.  1676,  m.  Nathaniel  Butt,  16  Sept. 
1698,  he  who  prob.  d.  of  sm.  pox  in  D.  1721  ;  Susanna'',  b.  9  Nov.  1678,  m.  John  Tol- 
man  ;  John'',  b.  22  Dec.  1080,  settled  in  Boston,  cooper,  merchant.  &c.  m.  Ann  Pattes- 
hall,  11  Nov.  1703,  liv'd  near  the  Old  North  Chh.  d.  1713;  Robert'',  b.  18  Dec.  1682, 
minister  of  Marlborough  [see  former  vol.];  Nathaniel'',  b.  1  Dec.  1684,  joiner,  m. 
Martha  Ireland,  11  Mar.  1711,  "  who,  as  he  was  passing  over  the  Swing  Bridge,  in  a 
dark  night,  20  Oct.  1736.  fell  into  the  Town  Dock  &  was  drowned";  Hannah^,  b.  22 
Nov.  d.  23  Dec.  1086;  Hannah^  b.  17  Feb.  1088,  m.  Ebenczcr  Devotion,  stiled  clerk  ; 
Samuel,  cooper. — Ensign  Edward  B''.  had  by  Susannah  Wiswall,  Edward*,  b.  24  Feb. 
1709,  lived  in  D.  m.  prob.  1st  Sarah,  da.  Samuel  Williams,  who  d.  31  Aug.  1764,  &  2d, 
Alice  Foster ,  he  d.  4  June,  1786,  ai.  77;  Elizabeth'',  who  m.  Joseph  Bass;  Mary*; 
Hannah'* ;  Susannah*,  m.  ro  Daniel  Loring. — Ch.  of  Edward'*  by  Sarah  W. ;  Edward^, 
b.  2  June,  1738,  lived  in  D.  m.  Mary  Davis,  d.  30  June,  1767,  x..  29;  his  wid.  m.  John 
Baker  of  Roxliury ;  he  left  Jonathan",  Edward",  &  Joseph",  as  mentioned  in  our  2d. 
vol. ;  Jonathan'',  the  eldest,  m.  Patience  Dunton  (now  living,  x.  86  nearly)  removed  to 
IJnion,  Me.  in  1820,  d.  there  in  1830,  je.  07 ;  these  were  the  parents  of  Joseph  B'^.  Esq., 
one  of  our  authorities  as  before  mentioned.    A  sister  of  Edward^,  Sarah^,  b.  27  June, 


Old  Dorchester.  11 

1736,  m.  James  Eobinson  of  D.  &,  there  were  other  eh.  but,  they  d.  youn;::. —  John 
Breck^,  of  Boston,  cooper,  merchant,  &c.  had  by  Ann  Patteshall,  John*,  who  had  a  wf. 
Margaret,  he  was  an  extensive  merchant,  had  a  warehouse  "  near  Chirke's  Wharf,"  at 
the  North  End,  1734  to  1747;  his  wharf  is  mentioned  in  1752,  &  in  1758  he  Iiad  a  part- 
ner, Robert  Breck  [who  was  he  ?];  his  mansion  house  was  in  !Ship  st.;  lie  d.  in  1761, 
leaving  estate  £2767  6s.  8d.     He  (John-*)  probably  bad  other  ch.     The  ch.  of  Jelin*  by 

Margaret   were    Margaret^,   who  m.  Nichols;  Abigail^,  m.   Lillie ;  Elizabeth^ ; 

Ann*',  m.  —  Crufif",  who  was  the  father  of  Mr.  Edward  Cruft  of  Temple  PI.  Boston  ; 

Williana^,  b.  2  Apl.  1745,  m. da.  of  Ur.  William  Thomas  of  Plymouth,  hardware 

merch.  in  Boston  before  the  revolution.  Settled  in  Clarcmont,  N.  11.,  d  1819;  he  left, 
besides  other  eh.  James,  Esq.",  living  at  Rochester  in  N.  Y.  in  1849,  at  the  age  of  69  ; 
Samucl-5,  b.  11  Apl.  1747,  an  opulent  merchant  of  Boston,  m.  Hannah,  only  da.  of  Bcnj. 
Andrews  of  B.  &  had  ch.  Hon.  Samuel  B''.  of  Philadelphia,  (before  mentioned.)  b.  17 
July,  1771,  (his  father  having  removed  to  Philad.  in  1792)  Hannah",  wife  of  the  Hon. 
James  Lloyd,  &  George",  now  living  in  Bristol,  Pa..  DanieP,  b.  28  July,  1743,  grad.  at 
Princeton,  N.  J.,  a  clergyman  in  Vermont,  d.  Aug.  1845,  re.  97 ;  he  left  a  son,  Daniel", 
now  one  of  the  three  judges  of  the  supreme  court  of  Kentucky,  lives  in  Richmond  in 
that  State. — Two  of  the  daus^.  of  George"  of  Bristol,  are  the  wives  of  the  brothers, 
Aspinwall,  of  the  noted  firm  of  Howland  &  Aspinwalls,  N.  Y. — One  of  the  sisters  of 
SamueF  was  grand-mother  of  the  Hon.  Rorert  G.  Shaw  of  B.  ;  another,  of  the  Hon. 
Judge  Fay. — Rev.  Robert^  of  Marlboro'  was  fa.  of  Rev.  Robert*  of  Springfield,  who  m. 
Eunice,  da.  Rev.  Daniel  Brewer ;  she  d.  1 2  Aug.  1 767,  x.  60.  Robert^  of  Northampton , 
Ms.  was  son  of  Rev.  Robert*  of  Springfield,  who  besides  other  ch.  had  John",  who  m. 
Clarisa,  da.  of  Rev.  Thomas  Allen  of  Pittsfield ;  John",  had  by  Clarisa  A.,  among  other 
ch.  Theodore"  of  Brecksville,  Cayuga  Co.  N.  Y. — 'J~he  Rev.  Robert*  of  Marlboro'  had, 
besides  Rev.  Robcrf*  of  Springfield,  Samuel*.  M.  D.  [See  Vol  ii.]  &  a  da*,  wf  of  the  Rev. 
Ebenezer  Parkman  of  Westboro',  Ms.  ancestor  of  the  respectable  family  of  the  name 
in  Boston. 

Browne,  Edmund,  frecm.  22  May,  1650.  d.  (probably)  23  Sept.  1682 ;  ch.  Elizabeth, 
b.  3:10:  1658;  Samuel,  15  :5:  1661. — Edmund,  Boston,  "sope  boyler'",  1687. — Ed- 
mund, m.  Elizabeth  Oklye,  Boston,  14  :  12:  1653;  ch.  Mary,  b.  15  Dec.  1656;  John,  9 
Oct.  1660;  Elisha,  16  Sept.  1685. 

Butler,  Nicholas,  frecm.  14  Mar.  1C38-9;  on  the  15  :8:  1651,  he  deputed  his  son 
John  his  attorney,  went  to  Marthas  Vineyard  where  he  died  leaving  several  children. 
His  wife  was  Joice .     The  first  Simon  Athearn  m.  his  grand  daughter. 

Capen,  Barnard,  freem.  25  May,  1636.  For  this  patriarch's  family  Record  See 
vol.  ii.  p.  80 — voL  v.  p.  240,  also  vol.i.  p.  137. 

Capen,  Joun,  sen.  son  of  Barnard,  b.  26  Jan.  1612;  freem.  14  May,  1634;  m.  1st 
Redegon  Clap,  2d,  Mary  Bass.  See  Record  before  referred  to,  (vol.  ii.  p.  80,)  to  which 
wetire  able  to  add,  eh.  Joseph,  b.  20  :  10  :  1658,  pastor  of  the  chh.  in  Topsfield  ;  Hannah, 
b.  1  :8:  1662:  Elizabeth,  b.  29  :  10  :  1666  ;  Samuel,  b.  23  :  8 :  1667;  will  11  Sept.l69o' 
mentions  son  Barnard,  deceased,  &  son  Barnard  living,  who  m.  Sarah  Trott,  2  June, 
1675,  d.  2May,  1691  ;  sons  James,  &  Preserved  who  m.  Mary  Pason,  16  May,  1682,  who 
d.  20  Oct.  1708,  03.  51  ;  dau.  Mary,  deceased,  wf.  to  James  Foster.  Mr.  Capen  was  a 
Captain,  Deacon,  select  man,  &c.  d.  6  April,  1692,  in  his  80th  year. 

Capen,  John,  jun.,  b.  21  Oct.  1639  ;  freem.  23  May,  1666  ;  d.  probably,  7  Aug.  1681, 
or  4  April,  1692;  m.  Susanna  Barsham,  19  :9:  1663;  ch.  Susanna,  b.  16:7:  1664- 
Samuel,  23  :  8  :  1667;  Thankful,  22:2:1669;  Sarah,  9  :  10  :  1670 ;  Dorothy,  13  ! 
8:  d.  27  :9:  1672;  Dorothy,  b.  16  :  7  :  1673;  Purchase,  14  Nov.  1675;  Nathaniel 
1  Oct.  1677,  d.  29  Nov.  1682;  Elizabeth,  d.  17  Apl.  1680;  Elizabeth,  b.  21  Mar.  1682.     ' 

Capen,  Samuel,  son  of  John  sen.  b.  atBrantry,  29  July,  1648  ;  freem.  9  Jan.  1673-4- 
m.  Susanna  Payson,  9:2:  1673 ;  ch.  Samuel,  b.  f :  12  :  16^3,  d.  5  :  4  :  1674 ;  Samuel,  b! 
4  Nov.  1675,  d.  6  Jan.  1676 ;  Hopestill,  b.  13  Oct.  1677  ;  Marv,  23  Sept.  1679  ;  Ebenezer 
30  April,  1682,  d.  1  Nov.  1682  ;  Edward,  b.  24  Sept.  1683  ;  Nathaniel,  d.  29  Nov.  1682; 
Samuel,  b.  1  Mar.  1686;  Susanna,  10  Nov.  1688,  Jabish,  3  Mar.  1689-90,  d.  same  day- 
Jonathan,  b.  17  Mar.  1691;  Susanna,  5  Sept.  1693:  Hannah,  1  Mar.  1695-6;  John,  19 
June,  1696.  Probably  by  a  second  wife  was  Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  and  Anne  b  6 
July,  1698.  ' 

Clap,  Roger,  was  one  of  the  most  noted  and  valuable  men  of  his  time.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  company  who  came  to  Dorchester  in  1630,  and  one  of  the  few  original 
settlers  who  has  left  an  account  of  themselves  and  families  to  their  posterity.  The 
Rev.  Thomas  Prince  edited  his  memoirs,  and  gave  the  work  to  the  public  in  1731  ;  to 
which  was  added,  "  A  short  Account  of  tlie  Author  and  his  family.  Written  bij  one  that 
loas  acquainted  thereivith".  It  is  unnecessary  to  add  that  Mr.  Prince  vastly  ein-iched  those 
Memoirs ;  and  for  our  present  purpose  it  is  only  necessary  to  refer  to  them.  They  are 
now  obtainable  by  all  who  may  desire  them,  in  a  neat  and  beautiful  edition,  issued  by 
Mr.  David  Clapp,  Jr.,  in  1844.— Capt.  Roger  Clap  was  b.  6  April,  1609,  d.  2  Feb, 
1690-1,  X.  82  ;  will  19  Nov.  1690. 


12  Old  Dorchester. 

Clap,  Nicholas,  son  of  Richard  of  England. — See  Memoirs  of  Roger  Clap,  p.  10,  and 
Blake's  Annals.     Inventory  of  his  estate  25  :  10  :  1G79,  £625  15s  7d. 

Clap,  Edward,  elder  brother  of  Capt.  Roger,  will  3  Jan.  1664,  d.  8th  of  the  same; 
inventory  £794  15s  3il  ;  debts  £113  2s  7d. — See  p.  98,  ante. 

Clap,  Ehexezer,  son  of  Niciiolas,  settled  in  Milton;  wf  Elizabeth  ;  he  d.  30  July, 
1712,  in  ye  69th  year  of  his  age;  she  d.  20  Dec.  1701.     He  left  no  descendants. 

Clap,  Nathaniel,  son  of  Niciiolas,  a  "  choice  man";  ch.  Nathaniel.  1).  20  :  11 :  1068  ; 
John,  7  : 2:1671  ;  Jonathan,  31  : 6:  1673;  Elizabetii,  22  May.  1676;  Ebcnezer,  25  Oct. 
1678. 

Clap.  Ezra,  son  of  Edward,  removed  to  Milton. 

Clap,  Inckease,  probably  son  of  Thomas,  and  nephew  of  Nicholas. 

Clap.  Nehemiah,  son  of  Edward,  ch.  Edward,  h.  20  Dec.  1678;  Edward,  9  Dec. 
"1680;  Sul)mit,  2  Aug.  1688:  Mehitable,  3  Aug.  1684;  will  19  Mar.  1683-4;  d.  2  April, 
1684;  inventory  (8  May.  16G4)  £341  Is. 

Clap,  Sami  el,  son  of  Roger;  ch.  John.b.  16  :4:  1664;  Samuel,  6  :6:  1668;  Experi- 
ence, 28  -.5:  1670;  Return,  11  Mav,  1675;  John,  8  May,  1677;  Elizabeth,  12  July,  1679; 
Hannah,  13  Sept.  1681. 

Clarke,  Thomas,  freem.  14  Mar.  1638-9;  wf.  Mary;  ch.  Mehitable,  b.  18  :  2  :  1640, 

who  m. Warren;  Elizal)eth,  b.  22  :3  :  1642,  m.  P^lisba  Hutchinson,  grandfather  of 

Gov.  Thomas  H.  She  was  his  2d  wife,  and  he  was  her  2d  husband.  Her  1st  was  John 
Freake.  Major  Thomas  Clarke  was  a  man  of  great  note  in  his  time,  and  an  inter- 
esting biography  might  be  written  of  him.  He  was  a  large  proprietor  of  eastern  lands, 
and  a  sufferer  by  the  Indians,  from  whom  he  made  a  most  narrow  escape  when  the 
lamented  Capt.  Lake  lost  his  life  by  them.  His  2d  will,  Boston,  15  Aug.  1679  ;  left  a 
large  estate ;  his  legacies  amounted  to  upwards  of  £3000. 

Clarke, William, freem.;  wf  Sarah;  ch.  Sarah,  h. 21  :4: 1638;  Jonathan,  1  :8:1639; 
Nathaniel,  27  :  11 :  1641  ;  Experience,  30  : 1  :  1643 ;  William,  3:5:  1656  ;  Sarah,  19:1: 
16.58-9. 

Clement,  Augustine,  wf.  Elizabeth;  ch.  Joanna,  b.  19:9:  1638;  John,  21  : 8: 

39  ;  Samuel,  m.  Del)orah ;  Elizabeth,  m. Sumner. — Augustine  and   Samuel, 

sons  of  Samuel  and  Deborah,  bap.  at  O.  S.  Chh.  Boston,  2  May,  1675;  also  Rebecca, 
dau.  of  Samuel,  7  July,  1678 ;  will  (of  Augustine  C.)  30  Jan.  1671 ;  d.  1  Oct.  1674 ; 
estate  in  Dorchester,  £776  19s  3d;  in  Boston,  £173  4s  6d.  total,  £950  3s  9d.  Son 
Samuel,  m.  Hannah,  da.  of  Madit  Jugs  of  Boston,  2:5:  1657;  she  d.  9  Apl.  1658. 

Collacot,  Richard,  freem.  4  Mar.  1632-3;  wf.  Thomazin  ;  ch.  Experience,  b.  29: 
7  :  1641,  m. Miles  ;  Dei)endence,  b.  5:5:  1643  ;  Ebenezer,  b.  6  Sept.  1659  ;  Ebcn- 
ezer, b.  24  June,  1661  ;  will  16  April,  1686;  da.  Bethia  C. ;  gr.-sons,  Richard  and 
Samuel  C. ;  da.  Elizabeth,  wf  of  Richard  Hall  of  D.  There  was  a  Sergeant  "  Cul- 
acut"  under  Capt.  Stoughton  in  the  Fequot  war,  probably  our  Richakd.  See  p.  98, 
ante.  v 

Cumin,  David,  d.  12  Dec.  1690  :  Elizabeth  C.  d.  13  Nov.  1689. 

Curtis,  Richard,  wf  Elizabeth,  ch.  Elizabeth,  b.  17  : 5 :  1643 ;  Mrs.  Curtis  d.  28  :  3  : 

1657 ;  Mr.  Curtis  m.  Sarah ,  25  :  7  :  1657 ;  ch.  Isaac,  b.  17  :  4 :  1658 ;  Joseph,  4:7: 

1661. 

Davenport,  Thomas,  sen.  freem,  18  May,  1642  ;  wf  Mary,  d.  4  Oct.  1691  ;  he  d. 
9  or  19  Nov.  1685;  dau.  Sarah,  b.  28  :10  :  1643  ;  sons  Thomas,  John,  Charles,  Jona- 
than, b.  6  :  1  :  1658-9.  m.  Hannah  Mancr,  1  Dec.  1680;  Ebenezer,  b.  26  :  2:  1661 ;  son- 
indaw  Samuel  Jones,  and  dau.  Mary,  wf  of  Samuel  Maxtield  ;  will  24  July,  1683.  In- 
A'cntory  4  Feb.  1685,  £332  16s  8d  son  Charles  executor. — A  Preserved  Devenport,  d. 
4:2:  1659  ;  a  Mchitabel,  dau.  of  Thomas,  b.  14  :  12  :  1656. 

Davenport.  Thomas,  jun.  hnsbandm.  "  calcd  forth  to  the  wares";  will  28  :  11  :  1675 ; 
brother  Charles  and  sister  Sarah,  unni. ;  inventory  4  Jan.  1675,  £112  6s. 

Deeble.  Robert,  freem.  6  May,  1635,  went  to  Windsor,  Ct. 

DiCKERMAN,  Thomas,  freem.  14  Mar.  1638-9  ;  ch.  Thomas,  d.  3  :  11  :  1657  ;  Isaac, 
d.  9mo.  1637. 

Duncan,  Natha.  freem.  6  May,  1635;  wf.  Elizabeth.  They  joined  the  1st  Chh. 
Boston,  7:1:  1646.  Oct.  1660,  "  the  Court  Considering  his  present  Condition  and  for- 
mer Service,"  granted  him  500  acres  of  land.  Estate  adm.  on  26  Jan.  1668  ;  amt.  £16 
3s.  6d. 

Dyer,  George,  freem.  18  May.  1631 ;  wf  Elizabeth  ;  will  30  Dec.  1671  ;  invent.  29 
June,  1672,  £425  4s  6d ;  ch.  Elizabeth,  wf  of  William  Trescott:  Mary,  wf  of  William 
Pond  ;  son-in-law  James  White. 

Elder,  Daniel.  "  Scotsman",  m.  Lydia  Homes,  12:1:  1666-7  ;  d.  4  May,  1692  ;  she 
d  5  Sept,  1689. 

Evans,  Richard,  eldest  son  of  Richard  the  freem.  of  10  May,  1643;  estate  valued 
11  :  12:  1661,  £170  2s  6d  ;  wf  probably  named  Mary  ;  dau.  Mary,  b.  19  :  11  :  1640;  son 
Matthias,  b.  11  :12:  1643.— Samuel  Hicks  m.  Hannah  Evans  of  D.  27  : 7  :  1665. — Na- 
than Bradley  m.  Mary  Evans,  17  :  5  :  1666. — Richard,  son  of  Richard  the  elder  had  a 
son  Richard,  b.  8  :  12  :  1669 ;  a  dau.  Mary,  b.  30  : 9  :  1671,  d.  1  Sept.  1672  ;  Mary,  2d  b. 


Old  Dorchester.  13 

8  June,  1673;  Rebecca,  22  Oct.  1676;  Thomas,  31  Aug.  1678  ;  Matthias,  26  May,  1682; 
John,  9  March,  1687-8. 

Evans,  Matthias,  house  carpenter ;  m.  1st,  Patience  Mede,  28  : 2 :  1669  ;  she  d.  22  : 

3  :  1670  ;  he  m.  2dly,  Susanna :  ch.  Susanna,  b.  10  :  6  :  1673  ;    Hannah,    22   Aug. 

1678  ;  Ebenezer,  21  Jan.  1679.  Mr.  Evans  sold  James  Barber  of  D.  house  and 
land,  26  May,  1679,  and  moved  to  Medficld  ;  inventory,  27  Nov.  1684,  £152  4s. 

Farniiam,  John,  freem.  13  May,  1640,  wf.  Elizabeth,  ch.  Jonathan,  b.  16  : 1 1  :  1638 ; 
Hannah,  9  :  9:  1642;  Joanna,  3:1:  1644.— Mr.  Farnham  was  of  Boston  2d  Church, 
5  June,  1650. —  There  was  a  John  F.  menib.  1st  Chh.  Boston,  19  :  12  :  1670  ;  also  one 
of  the  1st  Baptist  Chh.  about  1666. — The  seven  members  who  united  to  form  the  2d 
Chh.  in  Boston  (5  June  1650)  were  Michael  Powell,  James  Ashwood,  Christopher 
Gibson,  John  Phillips,  George  Davis,  Michael  Wills  and  John  Farnham;  all  of  Dor- 
chester, except  Powell,  Ashwood  and  Davis. 

There  is  this  passage  concerning  a  "John  Farnam,"  perhaps  the  same,  in  Saml. 
Willard's  "Briefe  Animadversions  upon  the  N.  Eng.  Anabaptists."  (4to.  Boston,  1681) 
p.  18  — "  Relating  to  John  Farnum,  we  have  him  confessing  guilty  in  some  things, 
acknowledging  a  defect,  but  would  not  have  it  thought  ivilful  nor  such  as  any  church 
in  their  imperfection  man  not  easily  fall  into."  "  It  was  long  ere  he  could  obtain  Ad- 
mission into  the  Church  a.t  Dorchester  :  &  some  discerning  Christians  ever  suspected  him 
to  be  such  an  one  as  he  after  proved.  That  he  was  deputed  by  them,  for  a  Deacon  & 
yet  neither  the  present  Teacher;  nor  any  that  have  been  added  to  the  Church  these  20 
years,  cither  deputed  or  thought  him  tit  for  that  oflBce  :  And  whereas  there  is  but  one 
surviving  of  the  founders  of  that  Church,  he  professeth  there  is  never  a  syllable  of  truth 
in  that  report." 

The  church  membei's  seem  to  have  given  themselves  a  great  deal  of  trouble  about 
him.  A  "  third  Church  meeting  was  held  on  his  account,  16  Oct.  1665."  In  Decem- 
ber he  was  up  again,  and  again  suffered  to  go  on  probation,  but  he  grew  more  and 
more  out  with  the  brethren  ;  and  from  a  petition  of  his  he  appeal's  to  have  been  im- 
prisoned and  sentenced  to  be  banished  for  heresy. 

Farnworth,  Joseph,  freem.  14  Mar.  1638-9  :  d.  12  :  11  :  1659  ;  1st  wf.  Elizabeth 

;  ch.  Mary,  b.  30  :  1  :  1637,  m.  Abraham  Ripley ;  Hannah,  b.  14  :  10  :  1638,  m. 

Simon  Peck;  Rebecca,  b.  2  :  11  :  1639;  Ruth,  3:4:  1642.— Second  wf.  wid.  Mary 
Long  ;  will  2  Jan.  1659,  dau.  Elizabeth,  wf.  of  John  Manfield ;  dau.  Ester,  son  Samuel, 
a  minor,  eldest  son  Joseph. 

Fawer,  Barnabas,  1st  wf.  Dinah  ;  son  Eliazar  m.  Mary,  da.  of  Daniel  Preston  of 
D.  28  Ma}-,  1662;  2d  wf.  Grace  Negoose  or  Negus  of  1st  Chh.  Boston,  10  : 1  :  1643  ; 
will  as  in  p.  305.  In  1664  "  Eliazer  Fawer  petitioned  ye  Court  to  allow  him  to  sett  vp 
ye  trade  of  a  Cooper  in  sd  towne,"  which  was  granted  him  "  provided  yt  hee  be  found  suf- 
ficient in  that  art,  to  be  tryed  by  fowre  skilfull  men  in  that  trade."  He  had  one  ch ; 
will  13  -.9  :  1665;  being  "bound  to  sea  in  the  Good  Ship  Nicolas."  His  wid.  "Mary 
Farre,"  m.  Samuel  Jenkins  of  Scituate,  6  July,  1670. 

Fisher,  Anthony,  sen.  freem.  May,  1645;  m.  Isabel,  wid.  of  Edward  Breck,  14  :9  : 
1663,  he  d.  intestate,  18th  April,  1671^  in  the  80th  year  of  his  age;  she  d.  22  :4  :  167.3. 
Ensign  Daniel  Ffisher  son  of  Anthony  ;  also  Nathaniel,  Cornelius,  and  Joanna.  On 
5:3:  1662,  the  town  allowed  Anthony  Ffisher  £4  "  for  killing  vs  six  wolues."  His 
residence  was  "  in  Mrs.  Stoughton's  ft'arms  within  the  bounds  of  Dorchester,  but  yet 
distant  about  seuen  or  eight  miles  from  Dorchester  meetinghouse,  being  neere  adjacent 
to  the  towne  of  Dedham." — The  Fisher  family  were  heirs  to  the  estate  of  elder  John 
Wiswal,  or  of  certain  lands  laid  out  to  him  "  beyond  the  Blue  Hills  near  Dedham,  now 
[1737]  in  Stoughton."  The  heirs  were  John  Fisher,  Joshua  Fisher,  Daniel  Fisher  and 
his  wf.  Esther;  Jeremiah  Dean  and  Mary  his  wife. 

Foster,  Hopestill,  freem.  22  May,  1639;  a  Capt.  wf.  Mary,  will  19  July,  1676, 
"£5  towards  the  free  Schoolc,  to  be  added  to  brother  Gibson's  legacy";  Ch.  Hopestill, 
John,  James,  (m.  Mary  Capen  22  Sept.  1674)  Elisha  (m.  Sarah  Payson,  10  Apl.  1678) 
Thankful  (m.  John  Baker  of  Boston)  dau.  Palenio  [?]  Browne,  and  dau.  Mary;  two 
youngest  sons,  Comfort,  b.  28  :  7  :  1658,  "dyed  in  the  King's  Sarvis,"  5  Jan.  1688-9,  and 
Standfast,  b.  13:9:  1660.  Capt.  Foster  d.  15  Oct.  1676,  estate  app.  27  :  8  :  1676,  at 
£1402  6s  8d. 

Hopestill  Foster,  junr.  "  Sope  Boyler,"  nephew  to  Christopher  Gib.son,  settled  in 
Boston  in  1667,  (when  about  23  yrs.  of  age)  wf.  "Elizabeth  Pason  of  Rocksberry," 
whom  he  m.  15  :  12  :  1666 ;  ch.  Hopestill,  Richard,  d.  6  :  8  :  1663 ;  Samuel,  b.  27  Dec. 
1676;  Danforth,  d.  in  Dorchester,  14  Aug.  1717. 

Foster,  Timothy,  m.  1st  Ruth  Denton,  13  Oct,  1663,  who  d.  5  Dec.  1677 ;  ch.  Ruth, 
b.4:6:1664;  Elizabeth,  8:7:  1667,  d.  15  Sept.  1676  ;  Naomi,  b.  11  :  12  :  1668;  Hatherly, 
22  :6:  1671;  Rebecca,  12  Sept.  1675  ;  he  m.  2dly  Relief  Dous,  9  Mar.  1681;  ch.  Timo- 
thy, b.  8  Jan.  1681  ;  Edward,  22  Jan.  1682  ;  Prudence,  3  :  10  :  1684  ;  Thomas,  3  Nov. 
1686  ;  Elizabeth,  13  Oct.  1688.  These  last'eight  ch.  were  all  living  at  the  time  of  their 
3 


14  Old  Dorchester. 

father's  death,  who  made  his  •will  15  Dec.  of  this  year.  He  was  prohably  a  carpenter, 
as  he  gave  to  "  son  hatharly  "  all  his  "  carpentary  tooles  of  one  sort  &  other."  He 
owned  land  at  Scituate.     Widow.  Eeleiffe,  executrix  ;  inventory  £127.  \^s.  6d. 

Francis,  Richard,  freem.  13  May,  1640.  Among  our  Suifolk  Probate  Records  we 
find  an  inventory  of  the  effects  of  Richard  F.  of  Cambridge,  dated  5  April  1687,  £62 
19s  6d  ;  Alice  Francis  administratrix. 

Gibson,  Christopher,  "  sope  boyler,"  freem.  19  Oct.  1630;  selectm.  Dorchester, 
1638  and  1642  ;  moved  to  Boston,  probably  in  1646,  as  in  that  year  14  :  6  :  he  bought 
of  David  Sellick  "  Iialf  of  all  belonging  to  his  trade" ;  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Bos- 
ton 2d  Chh.  will  12:9:  1674  ;  inventoiy  (6:8:  1674)  £50.3  9s  4d  ;  suppose  he  had  no 
wife  or  ch.  He  gave  legacies  "  to  the  poore  of  the  Chh.  of  Dorchester,  to  the  poore  of 
the  Chh.  I  doe  belong  at  this  day  but  what  estate  is  left  to  the  free  scoole  of  Dor- 
chester for  perpetuity."  From  this  a  school  fund  (of  $11,190.41 )  has  accrued,  the  in- 
terest of  which  in  1850  amounted  to  $647.37.  A  School  House  very  appropriately  bears 
the  benefactor's  name. 

Glouer,  John,  Captain,  Representative,  Assistant  &c.  wf.  Ann  ;  will  11  Apl.  1653  ; 
sons  Thomas,  Nathaniel,  Habackucke,  John,  Pelatiah,  b.  7  mo.  1636. 

Gorge,  Nickolas,  freem.  1666;  -wf  Elizabeth;  sonJNicholas  (he  had  other  ch.) 
grandson  Nicholas;  will  27  :2:  1675;  d.  same  or  the  next  year;  invent.  £288  10s; 
Nicholas  m.  Mary  Wales,  4  June,  1684  ;  ch.  John,  Nicholas  and  Mary.  In  1667,  there 
being  many  "  Clamorous  Reports  of  miscaredges  in  his  house  of  Common  Entertain- 
ment, which  he  had  kept  for  diuers  yeers,  which  is  uery  sad  (if  tmc)"  the  select  men 
investigated  the  matter,  and  found  the  "  Reports  groundless."  He  had  a  licence  for 
the  same  business  the  year  he  died,  and  the  next  year  (1676)  his  wife  was  licenced, 
"  pvided  she  doe  not  draw  Cider  any  more  then  is  pduced  out  of  her  owne  orchyard." 

Grenawat,  John,  freem.  18  May,  1631 ;  Mary  d.  23  :  11  :  1658 ;  he  lived""  near 
the  burying  place." 

Gurnell,  John,  tanner,  freem.  1643;  wf.  Jane;  will  19  :11:  1673;  had  brothers 

Richard  and  George,  sisters  Ane  G.  and Clements  in  England  ;  estate  priz'd.  9  : 

6  :  1675,  £1648  2s  4d.  His  wid.  m.  John  Burge.  She  left  a  will,  2  Mar.  1677-8 ;  land 
entailed  on  John  Mason  and  his  heirs  foreuer ;  and  iu  case  of  their  death  to  go  to  the 
poor  of  Dorchester.     See  Vol.  IV.  166. 

Hall,  Richard,  wf  Elizabeth  ;  son  Jonathan,  b.  8  :2  :  1659  ;  d.  29  Dec.  1719 ;  Ex- 
perience, b.  30:11:  1661,  m. Helyar;   Martha,  b.   12   :6:    1648,  m.  Ebenezer 

Williams,  18  Sept.  1674;  Samuel,  b.  1:1:  1651,  m.  Ruth  Hinckley,  6  June,  1681  ; 

Elizabeth,  b.  20  :  10 :  16,53,  m. Wood  ;  Dependence  d.  5  : 6  :  1667  ;  Hopestill,  b. 

30  :  10 :  1 663,  d.  24  : 4  :  1664  ;  mentions  in  will,  da.  Sarah  Whittemore,  and  son  Joseph  ; 
Left.  Hall  d.  23  June,  1691  ;  invent.  10  Sept.  1691,  £614  10s.  6d.  His  wid.  d.  8  Oct. 
1693. 

Ha  WES,  Richard,  freem.  2  May,  1638  ;  Bethel,  da.  of  Richard  and  Anne,  b.  27  : 5  : 
1657  ;  Deliverance,  11:4:  1640 ;  Constant,  17:5:  1642;  inventory,  27  :  11 :  1656,  £151 
12s  8d. 

Hoss,  Obadiah.  This  name  is  no  doubt  Obadiah  Hawes,  who  was  made  freem.  23 
May,  1666;  wf  Mary,  who  d.  21  April,  1676  ;  ch.  Obadiah,  b.  20  Aug.  1663,  m.  Rebecca 
Cowen  19  Dec.  1693  ;  James,  b.  18  :  10 :  1664  ;  Mary,  3:8:  1666,  d.  13:2:  1668  ;  Eben- 
ezer, b.  15  :10:  1668,  d.  25  of  same  mo. ;  Desire,  b.  30  :6:  1670,  d.  27  June,  1691; 
Richard,  b.  19  :  10  :  1672  :  Sarah,  29  : 8  :  1674  :  inventory,  14  Nov.  1690,  £384  3s.  7d. 

Hawes,  Eleazeb,  freem.  7  May,  1673,  m.  Ruth  Haines,  23  :  12 :  1669.  * 

Hawkins,  Thomas,  freem.  22  May,  1639  ;  lived  on  Rock  Hill,  now  called  Savin  Hill, 
where  the  first  fort  was  built,  and  where  ''ye  Great  Guns"  were  mounted.  This 
was  doubtless  our  Capt.  Thomas  Hawkins,  of  whom  there  is  mention  in  this  work, 
Vol.  ii.  59-60  ;  stiled  "Shipwright  &  Mariner"  ;  wf.  Mary;  ch.  Elizabeth  who  m.Adam 

Winthrop  and  John  Richards  ;  Abegaile,  m.  to  Samuil  Moore,  13  May,  1660,  to  

Kellond,  and  then  to  John  Foster,  Esq.  of  Boston;  Sarah,  m.  Robert  Breck,  4:11: 
1653,  then  to  James  Allen  of  Boston  ;  Mary  m.  John  Aylet,  21  :  9:  1654  ;  Hannah,  b. 
8:4:  1644,  m.  Elisha  Hutchinson,  grandfather  of  Gov.  Hutchinson ;  Thomas  who  had 
issue,  male  and  female.     MSS.  of  Mr.  T.  L.  Turner. 

Heavens,  Jacob,  ch.  Samuel,'d.  9:6:  1658  ;  Maiy,  b.  9  :  6  :  1660;  Hannah,  29  :  2  : 
1665  ;  Joseph,  20: 3  :  1668  ;  Benjamin,  4:7:  1670  ;  he  (the  father)  m.  Martha  Trescot, 

24  Feb.  1680 ;  ch.  Mercy,  b.  28  Jan.  1681  ;  Martha,  1  Oct.  1687  ;  d.  9  Nov.  1711 ;  son 
Joseph  administered  22  Nov.  1711  ;  a  wid.  Mercy  H.  d.  12  Mar.  1715-16. 

Hill,  Samuel,  wf  Martha  d.  13  Sept.  1715;  ch.  Martha,  b.  20  Dec.  1667 :  John,  20 
Dec.  1669 ;  Thankfull,  31  Jan.  1671  ;  Mary,  31  Aug.  1674,  d.  15  Nov.  1676  ;  Samuel,  b. 
12  or  19  Sept.  1676  ;  Israel,  11  July,  1679;  Josiah,  1  Jan.  1681 ;  Thomas,  8  June,  1687. 

Hill,  Jonathan,  son  Nathaniel,  b.  7  INIay,  1676. 

Hinshew,  Joshua,  husbandm.  wf  Elizabeth,  had  William,  b.  2  : 1  :  1671 ;  Elizabeth, 

25  July,  1675,  d.  3  Aug.  1675  ;  Thankfull,  b.  4  Mar.  1676-7 ;  John,  29  May,  1679 ;  Sam- 
uel, 1  Aprjl,  1682  ;  Elizabeth,  18  July,  1684  ;  Katharine,  28  May,  1687  :  Exercise,  15  Dec. 


Old  Dorchester.  15 

1693;  Elizabeth,  20  Apl.  1695,  wf.  and  attorney  to  her  husband  Joshua  H.  Senr.  of  D. 
yeoman,  at  present  resident  in  the  kingdom  of  England ;  William  and  Joshua,  s  ons. 

Holland,  John,  freem.  7  Dec.  1636 ;  inventory,  10  :  7  :  1652,  £3325  17s.  "  Debts 
by  Computacon,"  £1000. 

HoLMAN,  John,  inventory,  18  :1 :  1652-.3,  £739  16s.  Samuel  Mason  m.  Mary  da. 
of  ye  late  John  H.  of  D.  29  May,  1662.     See  present  Vol.  242-3. 

HoMES,NATHANELL,m.  Patience  Tapley,  27  : 1: 1667  ;  son  Nathaniel,  b.  15  :1 :  1668, 
lived  in  Roxbury,  was  "  killed  by  ye  breaking  of  a  great  gunn  at  ye  Castle,  12  June, 
1699." 

How,  Abraham,  freem.  2  May.  1638  ;  will,  Boston,  26  May,  1676 ;  eldest  son  Abra- 
ham of  Roxbury,  who  d.  probably,  12  Jan.  1683-4 ;  Abraham,  d.  at  Roxbury  20  Nov. 
1683;  inventory  8  xbr  [8  Dec.J  1683,  £323  18s  9d;  son  Israeli,  das.  Elizabeth  and 
Sarah,  both  having  ch. ;  sou  Isaac  d.  28  Jan.  1713-14 ;  da.  Hester,  wf  of  Henry  Mason, 
and  da.  Deborah. 

Howard,  Robert,  freem.  Feb.  1652-3 ;  Notary  Public  and  Clerk  of  the  Writs  ;  had 
probably  a  son  Robert;  Robert  and  Elizabeth  had  Sarah,  b.  17  Sept.  1681 ;  Robert,  22 
Dec.  1683  ;  Samuel,  5  April,  1689  ;  will  28  May,  1683  ;  wf.  Mary;  son  Jonathan  to  have 
not  less  than  four  times  as  much  as  the  rest  of  the  children";  inventory  (dated  after  the 
death  of  the  wid.)  20  June,  1683,  £605  2s. 

IIowcniN,  Jeremy,  tanner,  freem.  13  May,  1640;  son  of  William  H. ;  wf  Ester,  m 
in  Boston,  10:1:  1643  ;  ch.  Jeremiah,  bap.  12:1:  1643,  d.  8  :  10 :  1651  ;  Mehetabel,  b- 

23  :4  :  1644;  William,  bap.  1:5:  1649;  Hana,  19  :  3:  1650;  Jeremiah,  b.  26  : 9 :  1652 
Sarah,  10  : 1 :  1653  ;  John,  27  Oct.  1655,  d.  2  : 5 :  1657  ;  Nathaniel,  b.  27  July,  1658 
Rachel,  16  :  10  :  1660  ;  Mary,  18:1:  1639,  m.  Nathaniel  Green ;  will,  17  April,  1670,  da, 
Ester,  wf  of  Samuel  Wheelwright;  da.  Elizabeth,  wf  of  Rev.  James  Allen  ;  invent.  6 
3:  1670,  £1507  6s. 

HuMFRET,  Jonas,  freem.  13  May,  1640  ;  tanner,  had  been  Constable  in  Wendover, 
England;  wf  Francis,  da.  Sarah,  buried  7  mo.  1638;  sons  Jonas  and  James  ;  da. Eliza- 
beth, wf  of Price ;  Susanna,  wf  of  Nicholas  White  ;  2d  wf  Jane,  wid.  of  Geo. 

Weeks;  will  29  :  11  :  1666;  she  d.  2  :  6 :  1668;  he  d.  9  or  19  Mar.  1661-2;  invent.  £104 
13s  3d  ;  son  Jonas  d.  30  Oct.  1689  ;  estate,  pr.  settlemt.  (22  Jan.  1689-90)  £135  Os  8d. 

HuMFRET,  James,  son  of  Jonas,  b.  in  Eng.  1608,  came  to  N.  Eng.  with  his  father, 
and  followed  his  trade  ;  freem.  1645 ;  Ruling  Elder  17  yrs.  wf.  Mary  d,  7  May,  1677  ; 
had  two  sons,  Hopestill  and  Isaac ;  probably  a  da.  Mary,  who  m.  Obadiah  Hawes ;  will 
16  Dec.  1685. 

Jones,  Isack,  husbandman  ;  Hannah,  da.  of  Isaac,  b.  20  : 9  :  1658.  d.  28  :9  :  1658  ;  he 
m.  Mary,  da.  of  Robert  Howard,  Esq.  7  :2:  1659;  had  Thomas,  b.  15  :1:  1659-60; 
Ebenczer,  20  :  10  :  1661 ;  Mary,  9  April,  1687  ;  John,  d.  24  Oct.  1691.— Isaac  Jones,  late 
of  Boston,  mariner,  his  wid.  Mary,  deceased  ;  administr.  Saml.  Eells  and  Sarah  his  wf 
of  Hingham,  7  Apl.  1701 ;  invent.  £-301 :  13s.  Id. 

Jones,  Thomas,  freem.  1638-9  ;  wf  Ellen;  ch.  Hannah,  b.  28  :1  :  1636  ;  Thomas,  d. 

24  :5  :  1635;  Rebecca,  b.  9  :  12  :  1641,  m.  James  Green,  19  :  9:  1661  ;  will6  Mar.  1667; 
"  Sonus  Isaac  Jones,  Richard  Way,  &  James  Greene,  Overseers" ;  d.  13  : 9  :  1667 ;  estate 
apprizd.  11  Dec.  1667,  £555.     Mrs.  Ellen  J.  d.  2  Feb.  1678. 

Jones,  David, m.  Sarah,  11  :3:  1659  ;  ch.  Jonathan,  b.  9  :  1  :  1659-60,  d.  6  Jan.  1681  ; 
Elizabeth,  7:7:  1662,  d.  20  Jan.  1681 ;  John,  8:3: 1667,  d.  21  Nov.  1690  ;  Praise-ever, 
b.  18  :  9  :  1671 ;  Jonathan,  29  May,  1683 ;  David,  18  July,  1689,  d.  19  June,  1691 ;  Mr. 
■Jones  ra.  Anne  BuUard,  18  Mar.  1685. 

Lake,  Thomas,  husbandm.  freem.  2  Juiie,  1641  ;  will  25  Oct.  1678;  invent.  1  Nov. 
1678,  £140  9s  3d.  See  Vol.  iv.  167.  This  name  is  written  on  the  records  Leake, 
Leke  and  Leak,  but  his  own  signature  to  our  document  is  handsomely  and  plainly 
written,  Lake. 

Lane,  William,  will,  (see  p.  304  ante);  invent,  as  taken  by  John  Wiswall  and 
William  Clark,  5  July,  1654,  £82,  10s,  8d. 

Leeds,  Richard,  freem.  1645;  will,  2  Mar.  1692-3,  "  being  by  the  patience  of  God 
near  an  hundred  years  old" ;  sons  Joseph  and  Benjamin ;  da.  Hannah,  wf  of  Saml. 
Clap ;  da.-in-la.  Mrs.  Miriam  L. ;  invent.  28  Mar.  1693,  £963  19s  6d ;  Joan,  wf.  of  Rich- 
ard, d.  18  Mar.  1692-3. 

Leeds,  Benjamin,  freem.  1670,  m.  Mary  Brinsmade,  17:7: 1667 ;  d.  10  Aug.  1692  ; 
an  Abigail,  wf  of  Benjamin  L.  d.  29  June,  1712,  and  a  Benjamin  L.  d.  13  Mar.  1717-18. 

Lton,  Peter,  freem.  2  May,  1649  (were  now  evidently  two  Peters)  ch.  Mary,  b.  4: 
9  :  1650  ;  Elkanan,  23  :  7  :  1652 ;  Nathaniel,  28  :  10  :  1654 ;  (a  Nathaniel  d.  15  Mar.  1705, 
another,  5,  Sept.  1718 ;)  Susannah,  b.  25  :  1  :  1658  ;  Ebenezer,  20  :  12  :  1660  ;  Mehi- 
tabel,  23  :  8  :  1669  ;  Eliab,  12  July,  1673  ;  Freegrace,  18  Aug.  1677  ;  Peter,  19  Dec. 
1686  ;  Elkanan,  4  May,  1690  ;  Ann,  wf  of  Peter,  Sen.  d.  26  Nov.  1689. 

Makepeace,  Thomas,  wf  Elizabeth,  will,  Boston,  30  June,  1666  ;  "eldest  sonne 
Thomas  beyond  the  seas"  ;  son  William ;  eldest  da.  Hannah,  m.  Stephen  Hoppin  of 
Thompson's  Island,   and  had  nine  ch.  Deliverance,  John,  Stephen,  Hannah,  Sarah, 


16  Old  Dorchester. 

Thomas,  Oppertunity,  Joseph  and  Benjamin;  da.  Mary  m.  Lawrence  Willis,  son  prob. 
of  John  W.  sen.  of  Bridgewater  ;  da.  Esther  or  Hester,  m.  John  Brown  of  "  mal- 
borow,"  24  :  2  :  1655  ;  da.  Wait-a-While  m.  Thomas  Cooper  of  Boston  ;  invent.  £291 
7s  id. 

Mather,  Richard.  The  name  Mather  signifies  a  mower.  The  progenitor  of  this 
family,  named  John,  is  found  at  Lawton,  parish  of  Winwick,  Lancashire,  two  genera- 
tions before  the  time  of  the  emigration  to  New  England.  John  Mather  of  Lawton, 
bad  a  son  Thomas,  who  by  Margaret  his  wf.  was  father  of  our  Richard,  who  was  born 
at  Winwick,  1596:  came  to  N.  Eng.  in  1635,  settled  in  D.  23  Aug.  1636,  d.  22  April, 
1669;  his  1st  wf.  was  Catharine,  da.  of  Edmund  Holt,  or  Hoult,  by  whom  he  had  all 
his  children.     See  Vol.  i.  164,  and  ii.  166. 

Maddeslet,  John,  [probably  the  John  Modesty  of  Farmer,  a  name,  upon  which  he 
remarks  with  affected  gravity,  "now  probably  extinct;"]  freem.  14  Mar.  1638-9  ;  Jo- 
seph, son  of  John  and  Elizabeth,  b.  1638 ;  John,  b.  27:  8 :  1661  ;  Abigail,  da.  of  John 
and  Hannah,  d.  11  Aug.  1709  ;  Hannah,  wf  of  John,  d.  8  Sept.  1709  ;  John,  d.  6  April, 
1711  ;  a  John,  d.  27:8:  1661  ;  a  Sicily  d.  3  :  10  :  1661;  a  Mary,  d.  4:10:  1661. 

Mawdesley,  Thomas,  m.  Mary,  da.  of  wid.  Laurence,  28 :  8  :  1658  ;  ch.  Mary,  b. 
31 :  10  :  1660  ;  Thomas,  12:1: 1666-7,  m.  Susanna  Rigbie,  24 :  10 :  1690  ;  Elizabeth,  b. 
19:12:1668;  Unite,  5 : 3  :  1671  ;  Ebcnezcr,  4  :  7  :  1673;  John,  9  Apl.  1676;  Nathaniel, 
28  Oct.  1678;  Joseph,  17  Apl.  1681 ;  will,  1  Oct.  1706,  d.  22  Oct.  1706;  Increase,  son 
of  my  eldest  son  Increase,  late  of  D.  deceased  ;  the  widow  of  Thomas  M.  d.  April, 
1723.    The  name  Maudesly,  Mawdsley,  &c.,  is  supposed  to  be  the  same  as  Moseley. 

Maxfeild,  Clement,  d.  3  Feb.  1691-2  ;  widow  M.,  d.  31  May,  1707,  re.  86. 

Mede,  Gabriel,  freem.  2  May,  1638 ;  will  1654,  d.  12:3:  1666,  se.  ab.  79 ;  wf.  Jo- 
hanna ;  sons  Israel  and  David,  daus.  Lydia ;  Experience  m.  Jabez  Eaton,  4  :  10  :  1663  ; 
Sarah,  m.  Samuel  Eddy,  31:9:  1664  ;  Patience,  m.  Matthias  Evans,  28  : 2  :  1669,  d.  22  : 
3:  1670. 

Millet,  Thomas,  freem.  17  May,  1637  ;  John,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary,  b.  8  : 5  : 
1635  ;  Jonathan,  b.  27  : 5  :  1638,  d.  15  :  6  :  1638 ;  Mary,  b.  26 :  6  :  1639 ;  Mehitabel,  14  : 
1  :  1641  ;  Moses  Eyres,  m.  Bethia  Millet,  3 :  6 :  1666  ;  she  d.  15:2: 1669. 

MiNOT,  George,  freem.  1  Apl.  1634;  will,  10  Sept.  1669;  sons,  James,  Stephen, 
and  John  ;  estate  valued  5  Jan.  1671,  £271  7s  7d. 

MuNNiNGE,  Edmund,  [Manning  ?  |  wf  Mary,  ch.  Hopestill,  Returned  and  Take-heed. 

Naramore,  Thomas  ;  "  This  day  Ralph  Warner  &  Thomas  Narrowmoore  arr  ad- 
mitted for  Innhabitants  in  the  towne  of  Dorchester."  [Dorch.  Recs.  11:5:  1664.] 
Thomas  Narramore  of  Boston,  fisherman,  wf.  Hannah,  ch.  Sarah,  b.  26  Sept.  1672; 
James,  4  May,  1674;  Sarah,    10  Aug.  1686. 

Patten,  Nathaniel,  d.  31  Jan.  1661 ;  estate  appraised  Feb.  1671,  £1416,  17s,  Id. ; 
wid.  Justin  Patten,  administratrix.     She  d.  28  Dec.  1675. 

Paull,  Samuell,  "  only  son  of  wid.  Withington,"  m.  MaryBreck,  9:11:  1666  ;  ch. 
Samuel,  b.  13:  9:  1670;  Hannah,  8:  9:  1672;  Mary,  27  Mar.  1675;  Elizabeth,  10 
Oct.  1677;  Ebenezer,  1  May,  1680;  Priscilla,  11  June,  1682;  Susanna,  15  July,  1685; 
he  d.  3  Nov.  1690,  intestate  ;  invent.  24  Mar.  1691-2,  £284  ;  Mary  and  Samuel  P.  ad- 
ministered. 

Pearce,  John,  freem.  18  May,  1631  ;  perhaps  a  selectman  in  1639  &  1641  ;  name 
written  Pierce  on  the  Town  Records  ;  John  sen.  of  Boston,  mason,  will  2  Aug.  1689 ; 
wf  Isabel ;  ch.  Mary,  b.  13  Mar.  1661 ;  Jacob,  20  June,  1664  ;  Sarah  10:6:  1665  :  sons 
Joseph  &  John  ;  da.  Mary  Wilson. 

Pears,  John,  m.  Rebecca  Wheeler  of  Boston,  wid.  10:6:  1654  ;  will  16  :  7  :  1661  ;  ch. 
Saml.,  Nehemiah,  da.  wf  of  Jeremiah  Rogers ;  Mary  Morey,  Exercise  ;  John  Pearse  d. 

17  Sept.  1661. 

Petcher,  Andrew,  freem.  2  June,  1641  ;  wf  Margaret;  ch.  Samuel,  John,  Jonathan, 
Nathaniel,  da.  Experience,  youngest  da.  Ruth  ;  bo't  land  with  others  in  1653  in  Med- 
way,  then  called  Bogistow;  will  4  :  10  :  1660  ;  d.  (in  Dor'r)  19  :  12:  1660. 

Phillips,  John,  freem.  7  Aug,  1632;  deac.  2d  chh.  Boston;  wf  Joanna;  ch.  Mary, 
John,  Israel;  2d  wf.  Sarah  ;  da.  Mary  m.  George  Munjoy :  will  15  Mar.  1681  ;  invent- 
ory, 25  July,  1683,  £137  17s  6d  ;  Mary  Lawrence  (late  Munjoy)  executrix. 

Pole,  William,  ch.  John,  eldest  son,  m.  Elizabeth  Benton  of  Taunton,  28  Mar.  1672  ; 
Theophilus,  b.  27  :  3  :  1660 ;  Mary,  m.  Daniel  Henchman  of  Boston,  26  :  2 :  1672 ;  Wil- 
liam, d.  21  Apl.  1687.  William  P.  was  clerk  of  ye  writs,  &c.  10  years  ;  Register  of 
Births,  Marriages  &  Deaths,  &  Schoolmaster,  at  a  salary  of  £25  per  an.  He 
was  brother  of  Miss  Elizabeth  Poole  the  benefactress  of  Taunton.  See  our  work, 
vol.  ii.  281. 

Pond,  William,  ch.  Elizabeth  &  Martha,  b.  17  :  12  :  1657  ;  Samuel  d.  2  :  8  :  1657  ; 
Elizabeth  d.  26  :  12  :  1657  ;  Martha  d.  2  :  1  :  1657-8  ;  Judeth  b.  16  :  8  :  1659  ;  Thankful), 
15:  11 :  1661 ;  m. Philip  Withington,  17  Nov.  1682;  George,  b.  20  :  11  :  1665  ;  Mindwell, 
24  :  6  :  1667  ;  William  P.  d.  4  Apl.  1690;  wid.  Mary  d.  16  Feb.  1710-11.  Mary  m. 
Nicholas  Ellen,  3  :  5 :  1663  ;  Sarah  m.  Desire  Clap,  21  Oct.  1679. 


Old  Dorchester.  17 

Pope,  John,  freem.  3  Sept.  1634: ;  1st  wf.  Jane,  probably,  2(1  Alice,  3d  Margaret,  who 
outlived  him  ;  he  d.  18  Oct.  or  19th,  16S6  ;  inventory,  3  Nov.  £260 ;  ch.  Thomas,  Nathan ; 

John,  b.  30  :  4  :  1635,  m.  Beatrix .  &  had  son  John,  born  1:5:  1658  ;  da.  Jane,  b. 

23  Mav,  1677  :  Joseph,  17  Oct.  d.  24  of  the  same,  16S0.  Beatrix  &  Maroraret.  A  Jane, 
(1.  12  :  "^11  :  1662,  will  18  Apl.  1662  ;  had  da.  Patience,  m.  to  Edward  Blake.  Beatrix, 
wf.  of  John  jr.,  was  living  a  wid.  in  I-ancaster  in  1700. 

Pope.  Thomas,  ch.  John,  b.  27  :  10:  1643  ;  Thomas,  26:  10 :  1670;  Alice,  23  Dec. 
1676  :  m.  Margaret  Long,  18  Nov.  1681. 

Pee-stox,  Daxiel,  freem.  3  May,  1665  ;  husbandm. ;  deacon  ;  d.  10  Nov.  1707,  a;  86; 
son  Daniel  who  M'as  deacon  also,  &  Ruling  Elder ;  da.  Mary  m.  Eleazcr  Fawer  ;  admin, 
on  estate  10  Pcb.  1708  ;  invent.  £170  18s  ;  Daniel  jr.  d.  13  Mar.  1725-6,  in  his  77th. 
year ;  wf  Abigail. 

Proctor,  George,  frecm.  17  May,  1637  ;  will  27  Jan.  1661,  d.  29  :  11  :  1661  ;  das. 
Sarah  &  Mary  :  wf.  Edeth  ;  da.  Abigail,  m.  Joseph  Lowell  of  Boston,  8  Mar.  1659  ;  son 
Thomas,  b.  16 :  10  :  1637  ;  Samuel,  8:9:  1640 ;  John  Lowle  of  Boston,  m.  Hannah,  da. 
of  George  P.,  of  D.  3  :  1  :  1652-3. 

Proctor,  Samvltx,  probably  son  of  George,  above;  cooper;  wf.  Mary;  they  sold 
house  and  land  in  Boston,  to  Hugh  Drewry,  carpenter,  23  Dec.  1674  ;  Mary,  da.  of  Sam- 
uel and  Mary,  b.  22  Dec.  1671. 

Eigbye,  JOHX,  freem.  18  May,  1642.  Thomas  Holman  m.  Abigail  Rigby,  19  :  12  : 
1663. 

Robinson,  James,  m.  Mary  Alcock,  27 :  7 :  1664  ;  ch.  James,  b.  8  :  9  :  1665  ;  Thomas, 

15  April,  1668  ;  Samuel,  14  Sept.  1670  ;  Mary,  17  Mar.  1673,  d.  Mar.  31,  1693;  John,  b. 
17  Apl.  1675  :  Henrv,  21  June,  1678,  d.  next  day  ;  Ebeuezer,  b.  5  July,  1682  ;  James  R. 
d.  18  Apl.  1694;  Mary,  wid.  d.  13  Mar.  1717-18. 

Robinson,  William,  will,  31  July,  1688  ;  wf  Vrsula;  eldest  son  Samuel;  son  In- 
crease ;  da.  Prudence  Bridge  of  Eoxbury  ;  da.  Waiting  Penniman  of  Brantry ;  mary 
Streeter  my  wiues  da.  inventory,  14  :  5 :  1668,  £435  12s  6d. 

Rush,  Jasper,  freem.  29  Mav,  1644 ;  wf  Elisabeth  ;  ch.  Preserved,  b.  24 :  7  :  1651 ; 
Elizabeth,  24  :  8 :  1653,— d.  9 :  9':  1657  ;'Thankful,  b.  21  :  8  :  1657,  d.  21 :  9  :  1657  ;  Jas- 
per R.  m.  Judith,  24:  1  :  1664,  d.  23:  12:  1668,  £e  58;  estate  pzd.  10:  :  1668-9,  £111 
18s  6d. 

Searll,  Robert,  admitted  an  inhabitant  of  D.  9  :  4  :  1662 ;  Deborah,  wf  of  Robert 
s6nr.  d.  2  Mar.  171.3-14;  Robert,  d.  7.  Feb.  1716-17;  ch.  Salter,  b.  26 :  4 :  1664,  d.  8 
Apl.  1690;  Esben,  24:  12:  1669;  Robert,  2:5:  1671;  Ezben,  18  :  1  :  1674;  Deborah, 
4  Apl.  1677  ;  Jabez,  13  Mar.  1678-9. 

Sellocke,  David,  "  soape  bovler,"  wf  Susanna;  memb.  1st  chh.  of  Boston,  23  : 1  : 
1644 ;  ch.  David,  b.  11  :  10 :  1638";  Jonathan,  20 :  3 :  1641,  was  of  Stamford,  Ct.  16  Apl. 
1703  ';  John,  b.  21  :  2,  1643  ;  Nathaniel,  18  :  5  :  1645  ;  Johannah,  11  :  10  :  1647  ;  Eliza- 
beth, 1  Feb.  1651  ;  da.  Susanna,  d.  10:  9  :  1653  ;  estate  przd.  6:  10:  1654,  £570  6s  8d  ; 
debts  £560  8s. 

Smith,  John,  sen.  wf  Katherine  ;  son  John  ;  da.  Waitstill,  b.  11  :  10  :  1658  ;  Sam- 
uel, 8:1:  1658-9  ;  Deliverance,  21  :  11  :  1660  ;  Samuel,  26  :  10  :  1662  ;  will  23  :  10  : 
1676  ;  "  da.  Mary  to  be  understood  Mary  Pelton,  not  da.  Mary  Hinckley;  shee  is  paid 
what  I  promised  vpon  her  mar.  to  Mr.  Nath.  Glover;  "  John  S.  d.  17  Sept.  1676. 

Spcrr,  Robert,  freem.  23  May,  1666 ;  ch.  Elizabeth,  b.  4 :  11  :  1658 ;  Robert,  21:2: 
1661,  m.  Elizabeth  Tilstonc,  24  Oct.  1684,  &  had  Thomas,  Elizabeth,  &  Robert,  who  d. 

16  Jan.  1738-9,  in  his  78th  year. 

Stougiiton.  William,  will,  6  July,  1701.  To  Dorchr.  £150,  the  incomefor  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  salary  of  the  School  Master;  but  if  within  ten  years  the  to-«Tido  not 
establish  such  salary  to  the  full  value  of  £40  a  year,  the  whole  income  (of  the  £150) 
shall  be  paid  to  the  Steward  of  Harvard  College,  to  be  given  at  the  discretion  of  the 
President  and  Fellows,  towards  the  encouragement  of  some  well  deserving  student, 
coming  from  Milton,  &c.  This  fund  in  1850  ($.3320.20)  yielded  an  interest  of  $209.87. 
Lieut.  Gov.  Stoughton  d.  um.  7  July,  1701,  te  70.  See  Vol.  iv.  52.  He  v/as  unfortun- 
ately chief  justice  during  the  lamented  trials  for  witchcraft  in  1692.  &  is  said  to  have 
l)een  more  severe  than  his  associates  against  the  wretched  sufferers  by  that  delusion ; 
&died  without  knowing,  or  if  knowing,  without  acknowledging  his  error. 

Sumner,  William,  frecm.  1637 ;  wf.  Mary  d.  7  June,  1676  ;  will  1  Mar.  1668;  son 
William  eldest  son,  nine  ch.  then  living;  Roger;  Samuel,  b.  18:  3;  1638;  Increase,  23  : 
12  :  1642,  d.  30  Sept.  1683;  Sarah,  da.  of  Increase,  d.  22  Oct.  1683;  son  George;  da. 
Joane  Way;  invent.  23  Jan.  1688,  £509  lis  lid;  Abigail,  d.  19:  12  :  1657;  Maiy,  m. 
Nicolas  How,  19:  11  :  1671. 

Savift,  Thomas,  freem.  6  May,  1635;  wf.  Elizabeth;  ch.  Thomas,  b.  17:  4:  1635; 
m.  Elizabeth,  d.  of  Robert  Vose,  9  :  10  :  1657  ;  deacon  of  the  chh.  at  Milton  ;  d.  31 
Jan.  1717-18,  a;  82  yrs.  8  mos.;  Obadiah,  b.  16:  5  :  1638  ;  Elizabeth,  26:  12  :  1640  ; 
Ruth,  24:  6:  1643,  m.  William  Greenough  of  Boston,  10  Oct.  1660;  John  Baker  of 
Boston,  m.  Joan,  da.  of  Thomas  S.  of  D.  5 :  9  :  1657  ;  will,  26  Apl.  1675,  d.  4  May,  1675 ; 
Elizabeth  d.  26  Jan.  1677,  ai  67  ;  a  James  S.  d.  9  :  9  :  1657. 
4 


18  Old  Dor  cluster. 

Swift,  Obediah,  son  of  Thomas  above,  m.  Kcst  Athcrton,  15:  1 :  1660-1  ;  ch.  Re- 
member, b.  5  :  12:  IGGl,  d.  5:  12:  1661  ;  Ecst,  b.  13:  10 :  1662 ;  Obadiah  28 :  11 :  1670; 
Hopestill,  11:1:  1674;  Elizabeth,  7  8ept.  d.  17th,  1675  ;  Abigail,  b.  4  Jan.  1676  ;  Eliz- 
abeth, 4  Jan.  1679,  d.  2  Nov.  1683  :  Obediah  S.  d.  27  Dec.  1690  ;  appraisment  of  estate 
4  Mar.  1690-1,  £189  2s  8d;  Kest,  d.  13  Nov.  1708.— John  White  m.  Mary  S.  11  :  11  : 
1663.  Obadiah  Reed  m.  Anna  S.  19:  6.1664.  Hopestill  Clapp  m.  Susanna  S.  18  : 
2:  1672. 

TiLESTON,  Thomas,  freem.  9  Mar.  1636-7,  d.  24  June,  1694,  as.  83 ;  Mrs.  Sarah,  d. 
26  June,  1712  ;  Katherine,  d.  7  Nov.  1677. 

ToLMAN,  Thomas,  freem.  13  May,  1640;  2d,  wf.  Sarah  ;  will  29  Oct.  1688;  eldest 
son  Thomas ;  da.  Sarah  Leadbetter ;  da.  Rebekah,  wf.  of  James  Tucker ;  da.  Ruth, 
desd  wf.  of  Isaac  Royall ;  two  ekkst  das.  Ruth  and  Mary  ;  da.  Hannah,  b.  27  :  5 :  1642, 

m. Lyon;  son  John;  da.  Mary  Collins;  inventory,   23  Jul}'-,  1690,  £322    15s.: 

Elizabeth,  wid.  of  Thomas  jun.  d.  15  Dec.  1726. 

TopLiFF,  Clement,  b.  in  England,  17  Nov.  1603;  wf.  Sarah,  ch.  Jonathan,  b.  2 
mo:  1637;  Sarah,  3  mo:  1639;  Obedience,  8  mo:  1642,  m.  David  Cope,  20  Feb. 
1659 :  will,  21  Jan.  1666  ;  d.  24  Dec.  1672,  a;.  69  ;  wf.  Sarah,  d.  29  July,  1693,  x.  88  ; 
son  Samuel  ;  da.  Sarah,  m.  David  Jones;  da.  Patience,  m.  Nath.  Homes,  27,  1667: 
inventory,  8  Jan.  1672,  £256  7s  6d. 

TopLiFF,  Samuel,  freem.  7  May,  1673 ;  wid.  Patience,  d.  8  Sept.  1728;  ch.  Mehit- 
able,  b.  19  Aug.  1663,  d.  probably  in  infancy  ;  Samuel,  b.  19  Aug.  1675,  d.  30  Aug. 
1694,  a\  19  ;  Patience,  b.  24  Jan."l677,  m.  Nathaniel  Crafts,  of  Roxbury,  26  Nov.  1701 ; 
Thankfull,  b.  22  Feb.  1679,  m.  Jabez  Searle,  9  Apl.  1702,  d.  a  wid.;  Jonathan,  b.  23 
Sept.  1682,  d.  8  Sept.  1700  ;  Waitstill,  b.  6  Nov.  1684,  m.  Samuel  Henshaw,  d.  17  May, 
1637,  in  her  53d  year;  Joseph,  b.  24  Apl.  1687,  m.  Sarah . 

Trescott,  William,  freem.  10  May,  1643;  wf  Elizabeth,  her  fiither.  Dyer,  de- 
ceased before  1699  ;  ch.  Samuel,  b.  4  :9  :  1646  ;  Mary.  b.  23  :  2  :  1649,  m.  John  Hene- 
way,  6:8:  1665  ;  John,  21  :  8 :  1651 ;  Patience,  7:3: 1653,  d.  9  May,  1707  ;  Abigail,  b. 
5:9:  1656,  m.  Ammiel  Weeks,  2  Mar.  1 682  ;  Martha,  b.  8  :  11 :  1660,  m.  Jacob  Huens, 
24  Feb.  1680  ;  Elizabeth,  b.  24 : 4  :  1665  ;  will,  9  Aug.  1699  ;  da.  Martha  Adams,  her 
three  ch.  Mercy,  Mary  and  Martha  Huens :  gr.  ch.  Ammiel  and  George  Weeks  ;  da. 
Sarah  Modesly. 

Trescot,  Samuell,  ch.  Jeremiah,  b.  6  Oct.  1676  ;  Abia,  31  Oct.  1678;  Thankfull, 
22  Feb.  1679  ;  Elizabeth,  19  Jan.  1681  ;  Sarah,  5  Mar.  1683. 

Trot,  Thomas,  freem.  1644,  wf.  Sarah,  d.  prob.  27  May,  1712 ;  ch.  Sarah,  b.  16:11: 
1653,  m. Barnard  Capen,  2  June,  1675;  Mary,  b.  26:11 :  1656  ;  Samuel,  27  :6  :1660;  d.3 

Aug.  1724 ;  John,  b.  24  :  9  :  1664 ;  Thankfull,  5  :  10  :  1667,  m. Hinckley ;  James,  b. 

2:  4:  1671,  d.  27  Sept.  1717;  will,  11  Aug.  1694,  d.  28  July,  1696,a;.ab.  82  ;  son  Thomas 
dau.  Preserved  Baker,  estate  £508  5  d. 

Turner,  William,  freem.  10  May,  1643  ;  probably  removed  to  Boston  soon  after; 
will,  16  Feb.  1675-6,  '•  hee  being  to  goe  forth  against  the  heathen  our  barbarous  Ene- 
mies, &  not  knowing  whither  ever  hee  may  return " ;  wf.  Mary,  wid.  of  Key  Alsop ; 
mentions  also  "  sons  "  and  "  eldest  daughter, ''  but  not  by  name.  In  Philip's  War  he 
was  in  active  seiwice,  and  being  ordered  against  a  large  body  of  Indians  enca;nped  about 
the  great  falls  in  Connecticut  River,  appears  to  have  made  his  will  before  entering, 
upon  the  campaign  of  1676.  On  the  night  of  the  18th  of  May  of  that  year  he  sup- 
prised  those  Indians  while  fast  asleep,  made  a  "  great  &  notable  slaughter  of  them, " 
with  only  the  loss  of  one  of  his  own  men,  but  in  his  retreat,  is  himself  cut  off  with 
many  of  his  men,  by  the  enraged  enemy  who  had  rallied  and  pursued  him.  The  in- 
ventory of  his  estate  was  given  in,  18  July,  1676,  £391  Is  6d;  widow  Mary  adminis- 
tratrix.    He  had  a  grandson,  AVilliam  Turner  living  at  Swansey,  in  1636. 

Turner,  Jeffrey,  freem.  10  May,  1643,  wf.  Isabella,  d.  12:  10:  1660;  ch.  Praise- 
ever,  b.  22  :  3  :  1640  ;  Increase,  b.  16  :  8  :  1642. — [See  present  Vol.  .305-6.  See  also  Vol. 
III.  p.  176.]  Praise-ever  went  to  Northampton,  where  on  the  28th  Sept.,  1675,  he 
was,  with  two  other  persons  of  the  name  of  Shakspeare,  killed  by  the  Indians.  "  En- 
crease,"  m.  Mehitabel  Holt,  3  Oct.  1673.  He  lived  at  the  North  End,  Boston,  as 
appears  by  a  mortgage  which  he  made  to  Hugh  Drury,  about  1673.    - 

Upsal,  Nicholas,  freem.  18  May,  1631  ;  first  BavlifF  of  D.  1634;  wf.  Dorothy; 
joined  1st  ch.  Boston,  28 :  5:  1644;  he  d.  20 :  6:  1666,  estate  app.  3:  7:  1666,  £.543 
10s  ;  ch.  Anna,  b.  12:  1635;  Elizabeth,  12:  1637,  m.  Wm.  Greenough.  4  July,  1652 
Susannah,  b.  7  :  12  :  1639,  m.  Joseph  Cocke.  10  Nov.  1659  ;  Experience,  b.  19:1:  1640 
d.  2  Aug.  1659 ;  27  June,  1636,  the  town  licensed  him  to  keep  an  ordinary,  and  again 
the  next  year.  In  1656,  the  general  court  fined  him  £20  and  imprisoned  him,  for  his 
countenancing  and  befriending  Quakers.  In  1661,  "on  occasion  of  his  drawing  many 
Quakers  &  others  affected  to  that  sect  thither,"  [to  the  place  of  his  imprisonment]  lie 
is  removed  to  Castle  Island,  "  there  to  remain  vpon  his  own  charge."  His  wife  peti- 
tioned for  his  release  soon  after,  upon  which  the  court  ordered  that  he  "  be  moucd  ovt 
of  prison  forthwith  to  ye  house  of  John  Cajien,  in  Dorchester,  and  there  be  confined 
a,  prisoner  vntill  ye  latter  end  of  ye  8th  moncth  next."  How  long  his  confinement  lasted 
we  cannot  state,  but  the  next  year,  1662,  the  court  record  recites,  "  Nicholas  Vpshall 


Old  Dorchester.  19 

being  formerly  sentenced  to  perpetual  Imprisonment,  &  obtcyning  a  Rcprivall,  hath 
greatly  abused  their  lenity,  doe  therefore  Order  him  to  be  Confined  again  to  ye  house  of 
John  Capen."  By''  areprivall"  we  are  to  understand  banisbment;  for  he  was  sentenced 
to  remain  in  prison  until  the  fine  was  paid,  or  if  he  would  not  pay  it,  his  effects  were 
ordered  to  be  seized  by  the  marshal ;  but,  they  say,  "  ye  fine  being  pajd,  he  shall  de- 
part this  Jurisdiction  wthin  one  moneth,  &  not  returne  Vuder  ye  poenalty  of  Imprison- 
ment," &c. 

In  that  no  less  singular  than  rare  book,  "  Persecutors  IMauFd  with  their  own  "Weap- 
ons," is  this  jjassage  about  Nicholas  Upshall,  which  agrees  well  with  our  records. 

"  Nicholas  Upshall,  an  old  Jilan  full  of  years,  seeing  their  [the  authorities  of  Boston] 
Cruelty  to  the  harmless  Quakers,  &  that  they  had  condemned  some  of  them  to  dye, 
both  he  &  elder  )|>7s«t'e//,  or  otherwise  Deacon  Wisewell,  Members  of  the  Church  in 
Boston,  bore  their  Testimonies  in  publick  against  their  brethrens  horid  Cruelty  to  the 
said  Quahers.  And  the  said  Upshall  declared,  Tltat  he  did  look  at  it  as  a  sad  fore-runner 
of  some  heavy  Judgment  to  follow  upon  the  Country;  Which  they  took  so  ill  at  his  hands, 
that  they  fined  him  Twenty  pounds,  &  three  Pound  more  at  another  of  their  Courts,  for 
not  coming  to  their  Meeting,  &  would  not  abate  him  one  Grote,  but  imprisoned  him 
and  then  banished  him  on  pain  of  Death,  which  was  done  in  a  time  of  such  extreara 
bitter  weather  for  Frost,  Snow  and  Cold,  tliat  had  not  the  Heathen  Indians  in  the  "Wil- 
derness Woods  taken  compassion  on  his  Misery,  for  the  winter  season,  he  in  all  likeli- 
hood had  perished,  though  he  had  then  in  Boston  a  good  Estate  in  houses  &  Land, 
Goods  &  Money,  as  also  Wife  &  Children,  but  not  suffered  to  come  unto  him,  nor  he 
to  them."     p.  41. 

Wales,  Nathaniel,  freem.  2  Nov.  1637;  will  20 :  4:  1661;  ch.  Timothy,  John, 
Nathaniel:  bro-in-law  Humphrey  Atherton  ;  d.  4  Dec.  1661. 

Waye,  Henrie,  d.  1667,  x.  84  years;  Elizabeth,  wf  of  Henry,  d.  23  :  4  :  1665,  va. 
84;  Jonathan,  son  of  Richard,  b.  29;  10:  1657,  d.  6:  9:  16.58.— Henry,  will,  2  Dec. 
1674;  sis.  Elizabeth,  bro.  Richard;  Vnckle  Aaron,  and  Vnckle  James  Green. 

Weeks,  George,  freem.  13  May,  1640;  wf  Jane,  d.  [perhaps  the  same]  27:  8: 
1659  ;  sons  Ammiel  and  William.— The  name  of  Weeks  or  Weekes,  is  said,  by  good 
authority,  (Mr.  Ltsons)  to  have  been  originally  Wray,  but  took  the  name  of  Wyke, 
on  settling  at  North  Wyke,  Co.  of  Devon,  in  the  reign  of  Richard  II.  1377-95.  Fran- 
cis Weeks,  the  last  male  heir  of  this  family  died  in  1611. 

Weeks,  Amiel,  freem.  6  Mav,  1657,  d.  20  April,  1679,  Si.  46 ;  ch.  Elizabeth,  b.  18 : 
8:  1657,  m.  Timothy  Mather,  20  Mar.  1678-9;  Thankful!,  b.  24  :  2:  1660;  Ammiel, 
15:  7:  1662,  m.  Abigail  Trescot,  21  Nov.  1682;  Ebenezer,  b.  15  May,  1665;  Joseph, 
3  Sept.  1667  ;  Supply,  26  Aug.  1671 ;  Thomas.  20  Nov.  1673  ;  Hannah,  14  May,  1676. 
Weeks,  William,  freem.  3  May,  1665  ;  "  Clerk  of  the  Writs  "  about  two  years  ;  d. 
1677;  ch.  George,  b.  26 :  9:  1658;  Renew,  12:  6:  1660;  Samuel,  b.  25  :  11:  1669. 

Weeks,  Joseph,  freem.  7  May,  1673,  m.  Mary  Atherton,  9:2:  1667;  ch.  Mary, 
b.  20:  3:  1668;  Joseph,  26  :  1:  1670;  Repent.  22  "Feb.  1675,  and  perhaps  others;  d. 
31  Oct.  1690;  inventory,  30  Jan.  1691,  £122  3s.    Mary,  widow. 

White,  James,  "  son  of  Edward  who  came  from  England,"  m.  Sarah  Baker,  22 :  12  : 
1664,  who  d.  13  Oct.  1688:  ch.  Sarah,b.8  :  10:  1665,  d.  2  : 1 1 :  1665;  Thankfull,b.  18  :6  : 
1667  ;  Ichahod,  26  Apl.  d.  12  May,  1669;  John,  b.  7  :4  :  1670  ;  Martha,  28  Aug.  1675  ; 
James,  29  May,  1679  ;  Richard,  2  Mar.  1681 ;  Edward,4  Aug.  1683  ;  Ebenezer, b.  3  July, 
1685  ;  James,'(the  father)  d.  11  Nov.  1713. 

Wiles,  Michael,  probably  the  same  name  as  Willis  &  Wills  ;  freem.  2  May,  1638  ; 
cutler;  will  dated  Boston,  21  June,  1669;  bot.  land  of  Edward  Tyng  on  or  near 
Union  St. ;  wf  Mildred  ;  dau.  Temperance,  bap.  at  1st  chh.  13  :  12 :  1647  ;  dau.  Ad- 
ingstil,  d.  6  Sept.  1658;  grand-ch.  James  Phillips:  sons.  Experience  and  Michael;  the 
latter  b.  11  Nov.  1652;  both   cutlers;  his  wid.   (Mildred)  will.   20    Sept.    1680,  says, 

daus.  Abigail  Bill,  Lydia  Nowell,  Joanna  Ellis, Pollard  ;  grand-ch.  Michael 

and  Marah  Willis. 

Wilkins,  Brat,  freem.  14  May,  1634  ;  in  1 638  "  hath  liberty  "  granted  by  the  General 
Court,  "  to  sett  vp  a  house  &  kee'pe  a  ferry  over  naponset  ry  ver,  &  to  haue  a  penny  a 
pson  to  bee  directed  by  mr.  Slauyhton  &  Mr.  Glover;''''  went  to  Lynn,  though  from  Mr. 
Lewis  it  miglit  be  inferred  that  he  was  living  there  in  1630,  "  a  farmer,  on  the  western 
side  of  Flax  Pond."  Hist.  Lynn,  69.  Coffin  finds  him  in  Lynn,  1660,  and  that  he  had 
his  house  burnt  in  1664,  and  the  inventory  of  John  W.  1672.    Essex  Abstracts. 

WiswALL,  John,  freem.  14  Mar.  1638-9  ;  deacon  at  the  gathering  of  the  new  chh. 
in  D.  the  records  of  which  were  commenced  by  him;  he  was  also  a  Ruling  Elder. 
He  lived  in  that  part  of  Dorchester  afterwards  "called  Stoughton,  "beyond  ye  Blue 
Hills  near  Dedham  " ;  removed  to  Boston,  according  to  Farmer,  where  he  was  rul- 
ing elder  of  the  1st  chh. :  will  9  July,  1687:  son  John,  da.  Hannah  Overman;  da.  De- 
borah; da.  [Esther,  wf.  of  Daniel]  Fisher;  son  and  da.  Cutter;  son  and  da.  Johnson; 
da.  Lydia  Ballard's  ch. ;  da.  jMary  Emands  ;  son  Henry  Mountfort  and  Ruth  his  wf  ; 
son  Matthew  Johnson. 

WiswALL,  Thomas,  freem.  Feb.  1652-3  :  settled  in  Newton,  d.  there  6  Dec.  1683; 
Noah  Wis  wall,  of  Newton,  b.  1640,  a  Captain  in  the  Indian  wars,  killed  in  th^  desperate 


Old  Dorchester. 


fight  with  Indians  near  Whelewright's  Pond  in  Lee,  N.  H.,  July  6th.  1690,  was  liis  son. 
Tlie  wife  of  Capt.  W.  was  Thedosia,  da.  of  John  Jackson  of  Newton,  whom  he  mar.  j 
1664.     See  Ward  Family,  p.  29.     He  left  a  son  Noah,  living  in  1 733,  and  perhaps  other  j 
children. 

WiswELL,  Enoke,  m.  Elizabeth,  da.  of  John  Olliver,  25  :  9  :  1657  ;  ch.  John,  b.  10  :  | 
10:  1658;  Enoch,  ^0 :  11 :  1660,  d.  18:  11  :  1660;  Hannah,  b.  6  :  2:  1662;  Elizabeth,! 
28  :  2:  1667,  d.  25  April  1692  ;  Esther,  b.  28:  10:  1669,  m.  Silence  Allen  ;  Susanna,] 
b.  2:  6:  1672,  m.  Edward  Breck ;  Enoch,  b.  6  April,  1675,  d.  27  September,  1676;! 
Mary,  b.  27  August,  1677,  m.  Samuel  Robinson;  Samuel,  b.  2  Sept.  1679;  Enoch  j 
and  Ebenezer,  25  February,  1682.  Mr.  "Wiswell  d.  28  Nov.  1706,  st.  73  ;  wid.  Ehz- 1 
abeth,  31  May,  1712,  ffi.  75.  Estate  settled  by  act  of  court,  12  June,  1710,  his  second  j 
son  Oliver  W.  "  Cordwinder,"  administrator.  Mr.  W.  left  a  writing  which  he  probably 
intended  as  his  will,  but  the  court  would  not  allow  it,  "  there  being  several  Omissions 
&  Defects  therein,"  no  executor  mentioned,  &c. 

WiTiiixGTON,  Henry,  will,  8:11:  1664,  d.  2  Feb.  1666,  se.  79,  having  been  Ruling 
Elder  29  years;  Estate  valued,  6  Mar.  1666-7,  £850  17s  3d  ;  wf.  Margaret;  das.  Faith 
Baker.  Mary  Danforth.  Ann  Batte ;  son  Richard's  four  sons,  John,  Ebenezer,  Henry 
and  Philip.     A  Mrs.  Elizabeth  AV.,  d.  16  :  12  :  1660. 

WiTiiiNGTON,  Richard,  freem.  13  May,  1640  ;  wf.  Elizabeth  ;  ch.  Ebenezer,  Henry, 
d.  2  Feb.  1687-8;  Philip,  b.  26:  1:  1639;  Constant,  16:  9:  1661;  Elizabeth,  16: 
2:  1666;  Joseph,  15:  4:  1668;  will,  18  June,  1690:  d.  22  Dec.  1701;  iuventoiy,  30 
Jan.  1701-2,  £418  4s;  son-in-law,  Jonathan  Hall. 

Wright,  Henry,  freem.  1635  ;  Mary,  da.  of  Henry  and  EKzabeth,  b.  1 :  2:  1635  : 
Samuel,  14  :  12  :  1636. 

Additions.  —  The  following  matters  have  been  handed  in  while  the  preceding  part 
was  in  the  press  :  — 

Blake,  William. — His  5ch.were,  William,  b.  in  England,  1620,  d.  in  Dorchester, 
1703  ;  James,  b.  in  Eng.  1623,  d.  in  D.  1700;  John,  b.  in  Eng.  d.  in  Boston,  1688; 
Edward,  b.  in  Eng.  d.  in  Milton,  1692 ;  Anna,  m.  Jacob  Legare  of  Boston. 

Clap,  Edward,  son  Joshua,  b.  12  :  3  :  1661. 

Clap,  Ezra,  ch.  Sarah,  b.  20  July,  1677  ;  Judith,  6  May,  1680;  Elizabeth,  1  Oct. 
1682. 

Elder,  Daniel,  ch.  Lydia,  b.  10  :  5  :  d.  12  :  6  :  1668  ;  Remember,  b.  29 :  4 :  1669 : 
Andrew,  13  :  1 :  1671 ;  Lydia,  13  June,  1675  ;  Daniel,  1  Jan.  1675. 


Errata. — On  page  5,  owing  to  one  of  the  numerous  causes  which  produce  en-ors 
in  printing,  a  few  variations  in  the  list  of  names  there  printed  occur;  and  though  but 
a  single  error  of  importance  has  been  discovered,  it  is  thought  best  to  notice  all  those 
variations  ;  as,  for  Edmund  Clap  r.  Edward  ;  r.  also  Clement,  Augustene ;  ffoster  ;  Allice 
Joanes  ;  Maudesley ;  Minott ;  Procter :  Sellock;  Jeffrey  Turner,  and  Vpsall.  In  the  note 
on  page  8,  the  name  of  John  Newell  is  misplaced :  it  should  follow  that  of  John 
Franklyn,  and  hence  is  among  the  autographs.     On  page  10,  article  Blake,  James, 

for  Ruth ,  r.  Ruth  Bachelor  ;  the  Elizabeth  and  Hannah  in  the  last  two  lines  of  the 

same  paragraph,  were  doubtless  the  ch.  of  James  B.  Jun.     On  p.  14,  Hall,  Rich- 
ard, da.  Elizabeth  m. Wood,  r.  m.  John  Wood.    Nicholas  Butler's  da.  Lydia 

m.  JohnMinot.    See  Gen. !  Register,  i.  p.  172.     On  p.  12,  Samuel,  son  of  Augustine 

Clement,  is  mentioned  as  having  had  two  wives,  Deborah ,  and  Hannah  Jugs  ; 

the  latter  was  doubtless  his  first  wife. 


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